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Webinar Offers Insight on Exporting to our Neighbor to the North…Canada!

November 17, 2010 Katie Gorscak, Foreign Agricultural Service

Did you know that Canada is the United States’ largest agricultural trading partner, accounting for 16 percent of all U.S. agricultural trade? In 2009, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada were valued at $15.7 billion. Geographical proximity, similar business practices and eating habits make Canada...

Trade

USDA Rural Development Programs Benefit Bois Forte Tribe in Minnesota

November 17, 2010 Adam Czech, Minnesota Rural Development Public Information Coordinator

The Bois Forte Tribe in northeastern Minnesota has taken a proactive approach toward economic development. As recently as 10 years ago, there were areas of the Bois Forte community that did not have safe and sanitary drinking water. Building safe and affordable housing for tribal members also was an...

Rural

Countdown to Thanksgiving: Buying the Holiday Turkey

November 17, 2010 Diane Van, Manager, USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline

Cross-posted from the FoodSafety.gov blog. What would Thanksgiving be without the turkey? Most of us plan our entire holiday dinner around the turkey. That’s a lot of pressure on one bird!

Health and Safety

USDA in Utah Partners to save Traditional Building Skills

November 17, 2010 Student Reporter, Zach T. Power

Recently Utah’s Snow College and the surrounding community gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Traditional Building Skills Institute (TBSI) building, resulting in job and educational opportunities as well as historic preservation.

Rural