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Rural Roundtable at North Iowa Area Community College Highlights Job Creation Opportunities

April 30, 2012 Darin Leach, USDA Rural Development, Public Information Coordinator in Iowa

Earlier this month (April 17 th) Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA chief scientist and Under Secretary for USDA’s Research, Education and Economics mission area, facilitated a White House Rural Council roundtable meeting at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) in Mason City, Iowa. One of the key...

Rural Research and Science

With New Interagency Agreement US Forest Service Works on the Loss of Whitebark Pine in Yellowstone Region

April 30, 2012 Robert H. Westover, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Forest Service

Hoping to find ways to reverse a potential environmental disaster, several land managing federal agencies are working together in the Greater Yellowstone Area, which includes the Shoneshone, Gallatin and Teton National Forests, to address the wide spread loss of whitebark pine trees due to the...

Forestry

Contracting with Federal Departments? USDA is Here to Help.

April 30, 2012 Michelle Warren, Program Manager, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced that small business owners will have an opportunity in June to learn how to grow and support their businesses by partnering with USDA and other Federal Agencies. The North Carolina event supports the White House Initiative on Small...

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