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Texas City Teams Up With NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders to Help End Summer Hunger

July 25, 2011 Bill Ludwig, regional administrator, USDA FNS Southwest Region

On July 6 th, I attended an event to kick-off this season’s Summer Food Service Program in Texas and to celebrate the state’s third annual “Mayor’s Challenge” to end child hunger during the summer. The event was held at NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders’ youth camp in Duncanville, Texas.

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

Maine State Director Joins Administration Senior Official for White House Business Roundtable

July 25, 2011 Emily Cannon, Maine Public Information Officer on behalf of State Director Virginia Manuel

On July 18, USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel joined Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office David Kappos for a White House Business Roundtable hosted by local lender Bangor Savings Bank. Participants in...

USDA Results Rural

The Forest Service Feds Feed Families

July 25, 2011 Deidra L. McGee, Public Affairs Manager, Office of Communication

One in six Americans lives in hunger every day, as millions of Americans struggle to put food on the table for their families. Traditionally, summer is a time when food banks and charities encounter decreases in donations and increases in the need for assistance.

Forestry

Minnesota Resident Achieves Homeownership for the First Time Thanks to USDA Rural Development

July 25, 2011 Nikki Gillespie, USDA Rural Development intern

After years of paying rent while wishing he could purchase his own home, 29-year-old Adam Brautigan was finally able to do so with the help of USDA Rural Development. Adam found out about Rural Development’s home loan program from his mother, Mary Kay, who works as a realtor in Pine City, Minnesota...

Rural