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USDA Officials Discuss Housing Opportunities During the 38th Annual National American Indian Housing Council Conference in Alaska

June 27, 2012 Larry Yerich, USDA-RD – Alaska Public Information Coordinator

June is Homeownership Month in America. Earlier this month, representatives of Native American Tribes traveled from as far away as Massachusetts to Anchorage, Alaska, to attend the three-day National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) Conference. Now in its 38 th year, the main theme was...

Rural

USDA Celebrates 150 years of Campus and Community

June 27, 2012 Mary Conley, Communications Director, USDA Research, Education and Economics

At 11:00 am today, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, will be helping open the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, hosting visitors from around the world who will come to the Mall in Washington, D.C. for this annual event. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the only federal agency...

Research and Science

With USDA Support, GE Aviation Considers a Renewable Jet Fuel Investment in Ohio

June 27, 2012 Tony Logan, Ohio State Director, USDA Rural Development

GE Aviation is collaborating with USDA Rural Development, the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), air carriers and producer groups to investigate opportunities for an Ohio or Midwest-regional approach to providing renewable-jet fuel in support of production engine testing at GE Aviation’s sprawling...

Rural