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Terrestrial Broadband Connects Native Communities in Southwest Alaska to the World for the First Time

January 17, 2012 Larry Yerich, USDA-RD Alaska Public Information Coordinator

Recently, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell hosted the first live terrestrial videoconference between the State Capital of Juneau and Bethel’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC), which administers a comprehensive health care delivery system for more than 50 rural, primarily Native communities in...

Rural Technology

Ring Profiler Gives Scientists a Luminous Look at Tree Rings

January 17, 2012 Rebecca Wallace, U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Lab

The Ring Profiler may sound like the title of fantasy novel but in fact it’s an innovative tool U.S. Forest Service scientists are using to better determine how much a tree grows annually.

Forestry

Hawaii Showcases Its Ag Diversification – the Proof is in the Numbers

January 17, 2012 Mark Hudson, NASS Hawaii Field Office Director

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. When America’s farmers and ranchers traveled from the U.S. mainland to the Aloha state for the American Farm Bureau...

Research and Science

Keeping it Clear: Writing at USDA

January 17, 2012 Jerold R. Mande, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

The White House has called upon all federal agencies to “keep it simple” when it comes to writing. Here at USDA, we are committed to communicating clearly so that we can provide you with the most useful information possible. As Secretary Tom Vilsack has said, “Using plain writing is indispensable to...

Initiatives