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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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Protecting Waterways Means Preserving a Way of Life for People Living in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin

May 08, 2023 Xochitl Torres Small, USDA Rural Development Under Secretary

Water has always shaped where we plant our communities and how they grow. If you farm, fish, or live in rural America, you know that healthy waterways are vital to ensuring that communities, large or small, can continue to thrive.

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