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Two-Year Anniversary of Customer Experience Executive Order: USDA Celebrates Customer Experience Efforts

December 29, 2023 Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer for the Office of Customer Experience

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has implemented several customer experience (CX) improvements since President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government in December 2021. The executive order directed all...

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Planning for Equity: A Puerto Rican Community Planner's Journey to USDA's Equity Commission

September 27, 2023 Cecilia Hernandez, Designated Federal Officer, USDA Equity Commission

From September 15 through October 15, we acknowledge Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating equity champions in the Hispanic agricultural community. One of these champions is David Josué Carrasquillo-Medrano, a member of USDA Equity Commission’s Rural Community Economic Development (RCED)...

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Giving Thanks To Those Who Help Disaster Victims Get Back On Their Feet

November 20, 2018 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Unless you’ve lived through disaster, it’s hard to imagine what might go through your mind when first viewing a wrecked home, property, livelihood, and – seemingly – your future. But one thing that countless disaster survivors can do in the aftermath is give thanks to their neighbors in Cooperative...

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FNS Provides a Helping Hand to Puerto Rico Residents

May 10, 2018 Patricia Dombroski, USDA, FNS, Mid-Atlantic Region Administrator

At USDA our mission is a vital one: to reduce hunger and increase food security by providing children and low-income people access to food, a nutritious diet and nutrition education. And that mission was put to the test in 2017, in the aftermath of a trio of devastating hurricanes that slammed into...

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Unwavering Preparation, Swift Response Key to Hurricane Food Relief

May 07, 2018 Steve Hortin, Director, Office of Emergency Management, Food and Nutrition Service

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria – each Category 4 – all made landfall in less than a month between August and September 2017. It will be hard to ever forget these historic disasters and the toll they took on millions of American families. In recognition of the federal government’s Hurricane...

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When Disasters Hit, Help Is as Close as Your USDA Service Center

April 10, 2018 Steve Peterson, Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency

When a disaster strikes, farmers and ranchers don’t want a process, they want help.

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USDA Disaster Program Helps Texas Farmer Recover from Hurricane Losses

March 05, 2018 Shawn McCowan, Texas FSA Public Affairs Specialist

Doug Harper, a fifth-generation farmer, moved to the Texas Gulf Coast area in 2012, looking forward to the potential for increasing corn, cotton, milo, and watermelon production there. Texas farmer Doug Harper comes from a long line of farmers. Growing up in the business, he knows there are always...

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Soil Health Practices for Mitigating Natural Disasters

February 28, 2018 Elizabeth Creech, Natural Resources Conservation Service

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports that more than 25 million Americans – almost 8 percent of the population – were affected by major disasters in 2017. From severe flooding in Puerto Rico and Texas to mudslides and wildfires in California, major natural disasters in 2017 cost...

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USDA Agencies Band Together to Assist Producers Impacted by 2017 Hurricanes

February 14, 2018 Cassie Bable and Lauren Moore, FSA Public Affairs Specialists

Just as families, friends and communities came together to respond to damages that occurred during the hurricanes of 2017, so did government agencies.

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A Farewell Message from Secretary Tom Vilsack to Employees

January 13, 2017 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent the following message to all USDA employees: I want to take this opportunity on my final day at USDA to express my profound gratitude to the people who work at USDA. Every day, nearly 90,000 people leave their families and the comfort of their home to do...

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