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Yvonne Lee: Acknowledging Asian American Impact and Influence on the U.S. Agriculture Industry as a Policy Design Expert

May 30, 2023 Cecilia Hernandez, Designated Federal Officer, USDA Equity Commission

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and serves as an important opportunity to celebrate our AAPI communities and honor their many contributions to the United States. The AAPI community has influenced American culture in so many ways. One example is in...

Equity Initiatives

Air Force Veteran Finds Meaning in New Career with USDA Rural Development

May 25, 2023 Mariela Castaneda, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

Veteran Tray Middlebrooks grew up in Merritt Island, Florida, and Manassas, Virginia. After college, he wanted to follow a reliable and purposeful path forward. He went on to serve 10 years of active duty as an Air Force medic stationed in Nevada and Florida followed by three years in the Florida...

Equity Initiatives

USDA Outreach to Guam, Pacific Islanders

May 19, 2023 Marcia Bunger, Administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA)

May marks Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. America is home to more than 20.6 million people whose ancestors came to our country from Asia and the Pacific.

Equity Initiatives

USDA Celebrates Renee McDonald, a Georgia Woman-Owned Agriculture Entrepreneur during National Small Business Month

May 18, 2023 staff of USDA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

Renee McDonald, a first-generation sheep producer in Lee County Georgia, spends many nights monitoring newborn ewes. In the last lambing season at Sheepy Acres Farm, eight out of ten of her pregnant ewes gave birth to twins. The lambing season holds many memories, but it also presents challenges...

Equity Farming Initiatives

The Path to Prosperity Event in Georgia Gives Boosts to Small Businesses in the Southeastern U.S.

May 15, 2023 staff of USDA’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

It was a great start to National Small Business Month at the Southeast States “Path to Prosperity" event in Albany, Georgia on May 2. Path to Prosperity is a regional business and economic development workshop series that features experts from the financial industry, federal government, community...

Equity Farming Initiatives