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North Carolina Rivercane Studies get a boost from Oconaluftee Job Corps

August 20, 2012 Holly Krake, Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center

In the early morning light, 15 students look for the first time at a traditional Cherokee rivercane basket and marvel at the colors and detail. Western Carolina University’s Adam Griffith of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines passes the basket around as he explains the cultural and...

Forestry

Líderes de la Comunidad Latina de Minnesota y Promotores Sincronizados en el Tema de la Nutrición

August 20, 2012 Emilia Luna, Tisch Active Citizenship Summer Fellow, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

La llave para alcanzar a las comunidades elegibles que no están recibiendo asistencia nutricional es encontrar líderes dentro de la comunidad en los que las personas confían. La organización Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) de Minnesota ha adoptado efectivamente un modelo de alcance...

Spanish Food and Nutrition

Minnesota Latino Community Leaders and Promoters in Sync on Nutrition

August 20, 2012 Emilia Luna, Tisch Active Citizenship Summer Fellow, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

The key to reaching out to underserved, eligible Latino communities in need of nutrition assistance is to find trusted leaders from within the community itself. The Minnesota-based organization Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) has effectively adopted an outreach model that achieves...

Food and Nutrition

With USDA Support, A Health Center in Alaska’s Susitna Valley Celebrates a Grand Opening

August 20, 2012 Larry Yerich, USDA-Rural Development – Alaska – Public Information Coordinator

On a beautiful, bright Sunday in August, members of the Alaska USDA-Rural Development team met with the leadership of the new Sunshine Community Health Center and other funders to celebrate the grand opening of the new healthcare facility in Willow. They were joined by members of the surrounding...

Initiatives Rural

Agricultural Weather and Drought Update – 8/16/12

August 16, 2012 Brad Rippey, USDA Meteorologist, Office of the Chief Economist

Visit www.usda.gov/drought for the latest information regarding USDA’s Drought Disaster response and assistance. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor, dated August 14, indicates that some drought-affected areas of the United States have begun to turn the corner with respect to the historic drought of...

Conservation

Secretary Vilsack to Talk Drought Live Tonight From the Iowa State Fair

August 16, 2012 Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa

Tonight, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will join RURAL TV and RFD-TV live at the Iowa State Fair to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture's continuing efforts to assist farmers and ranchers impacted by drought. As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to assist livestock...

Conservation

Missouri USDA’s “Can” Do Attitude with Feds Feed Families

August 16, 2012 Allison Rich, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Dana Rogge, Missouri FSA Public Affairs Specialist

The annual Feds Feed Families food drive is a summer-long effort, but USDA employees in Missouri donate to the Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri all year long. Eight years ago, Tara Griffin, a Missouri Farm Service Agency state office employee, took the initiative to organize USDA...