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Dr. Gina E. Eubanks: A People Person Helping the Peoples Department Build Equity

August 24, 2022 Laura Crowell, Communications Lead, USDA Equity Commission

The youngest of ten children, Gina Elaine Eubanks grew up in rural Clinton, Louisiana, participating in 4-H. Her 35-year career in higher education brought her back to her native state, where she serves as the associate vice president and program leader at the Louisiana State University AgCenter. In...

Equity Initiatives

Connecting Rural New York Communities through USDA’s ReConnect Program

August 22, 2022 Brian Murray, New York State Director, USDA Rural Development

Last year USDA Rural Development awarded more than $10 million in ReConnect Program funding to bring high-speed internet access to Madison County, New York. USDA’s ReConnect Program offers loans and grants to construct, improve, and build equipment to provide broadband service in eligible rural...

Broadband Equity Rural

FNS Honors Traditions and Supports the Sovereignty of Tribal Nations

August 18, 2022 Alison Hard, Senior Policy Advisor for the Food and Nutrition Service

Tribal nations across what we now consider the Great Plains relied for millennia on their buffalo relatives for food, medicine, clothing, tools, and shelter. Yet today it is hard to find buffalo meat on school meal trays in the very areas where they once sustained Native communities. The Food and...

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

Mary’s Center Provides Meaningful Support for WIC Families

August 03, 2022 Emily C. Kelley, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service

“Hello, Mommy!” These are the first warm, welcoming words moms participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, hear when arriving for an appointment at the Mary’s Center (Petworth) WIC Clinic in Northwest D.C. If English isn’t mommy’s...

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security