USDA Announces Funding to Improve Nearly 350 Miles of Electric Lines...
WILTON, Iowa, July 17, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Eastern Iowa Light & Power Cooperative’s headquarters in Wilton, Iowa, today to announce a $44 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) electric loan that will help improve nearly 350 miles of electric distribution lines throughout eastern Iowa....
USDA Announces Three New Centers of Excellence with a Consortium of...
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making a $1 million initial investment to support three Centers of Excellence with the Council of 1890 Colleges, building and strengthening USDA’s historic partnership with 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Vilsack made the ann...
How USDA Partners With 1890’s Land-Grant Universities
USDA serves the Historically Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities through its 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities National Program, or USDA/1890 Program. The USDA must continue to capitalize on opportunities to broaden outreach efforts into the 1890 community because of the added value brought by these institutions to USDA....
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Available Funding and Changes to USDA's Biorefinery...
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for funding under a program that supports the production of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing....
USDA and NASA Expand Innovative Partnership to Better Predict Wildfires, Monitor...
MOFFETT FIELD, California, July 16, 2015 — Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman today announced an expanded partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designed to better protect America’s working lands, predict an...
USDA Announces Conservation Incentives for Working Grass, Range and Pasture Lands
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that beginning Sept. 1, farmers and ranchers can apply for financial assistance to help conserve working grasslands, rangeland and pastureland while maintaining the areas as livestock grazing lands....
Secretary Vilsack Proclaims August 2-8 National Farmers Market Week
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared Aug. 2 through 8, 2015, as "National Farmers Market Week." The declaration was made official by proclamation signed by Secretary Vilsack. This year marks the 16th annual National Farmers Market Week in honor of the important role that farmers markets play in...
USDA Proposes New Ways to Help Meet Nutrition Needs of Low-Income,...
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2015 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to improve access to groceries for homebound seniors and people with disabilities who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program....
Fact Sheet: USDA Support for Older Americans
USDA is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of older adults, ensuring that all older Americans have access to healthy food, and that older adults in rural America have access to housing. Low-income older Americans continue to be an underserved and vulnerable population, due in part to administrative complexities associated with...
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces the Selection of Dr. Robert Johansson as...
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of Dr. Robert Johansson as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Chief Economist, effective July 12....
