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Deputy Under Secretary Outlines Agricultural Success at Mississippi Small Farmers Conference

March 30, 2011 Karis Gutter, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, USDA FFAS

In the two years that President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack have been in office, those involved in production agriculture have participated in driving a sustained economic recovery. That’s the message I delivered earlier this week to farmers, extension staff, local business leaders and...

Initiatives Rural

Beginning Farmer Grows Organic Produce—and a Community

March 30, 2011 Ron Nichols, NRCS Washington

April Jones went into farming to grow good food, and she has succeeded. Unexpectedly, along the way she’s also managed to grow a community.

Conservation

Federal Recovery Act Support Responsible For A New Jersey Water Quality Project and Construction Jobs

March 30, 2011 Cynthia M. O'Grady, USDA New Jersey Public Information Assistant

A groundbreaking ceremony took place earlier this month in the Town Bank section of Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, to kick off the first phase of a water main project. USDA Rural Development officials joined Lower Township Municipal Utility Authority, Senator Bob Menendez, state and...

Initiatives Rural