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First BCAP Project Area Aims to Reduce American Dependence on Foreign Oil

May 06, 2011 Tanya Brown, Farm Service Agency

In an announcement released this week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack established the first Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Project Area to promote the next generation of biofuels. The announcement comes as Americans are pinching pennies due to gas prices climbing to over $4 a gallon....

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Iva, South Carolina Celebrates Rural Development Funding on Earth Day

May 06, 2011 Marlous Black, USDA Rural Development Public Information Coordinator in South Carolina

USDA Rural Development State Director, Vernita F. Dore announced an award of more than $3.1 million to the Town of Iva for sewer improvements as part of an Earth Day celebration in Iva, South Carolina. After the ceremony, Ms. Dore, Town of Iva Mayor Bobby Gentry and members of the Crescent High...

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