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Made in Rural America: Value-added Agriculture Takes Oregon Wool from Ranch to Runway and, Now, to the Olympics

November 13, 2013 Vicki Walker, USDA Rural Development Oregon State Director

I am thrilled to share with you some very good news from Oregon’s high desert. Ralph Lauren, the iconic American brand and U.S. Olympic team sponsor, recently announced they will be using wool produced by one of our Value Added Producer Grant Program (VAPG) participants, Imperial Stock Ranch, to...

Rural

'Ag in Action' Lab on Wheels Brings the Farm to Alabama Schools

November 13, 2013 Fay Garner, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Alabama

A new 26-foot learning lab on wheels enables Alabama’s elementary and middle school students to experience farming through hands-on activities and audio visual technology. The “ Ag in Action” lab is the first of its kind in Alabama and one of only four in the nation. USDA’s Natural Resources...

Conservation

Absence Makes the Market Grow Fonder

November 13, 2013 Anne L. Alonzo, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

At some point in our lives, we all wonder what it would be like if we didn’t exist. How would things be different? Last month, American farmers and businesses experienced what it was like to live without USDA Market News. While the markets continued to operate, we received several phone calls and...

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Rehabilitated Bear Cubs Return Home to the Wild

November 13, 2013 Gail Keirn, USDA APHIS Public Affairs Specialist

Earlier this year (see July 31 blog), the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center’s (NWRC) field station in Millville, Utah, agreed to house two orphaned black bear cubs as part of a collaborative rehabilitation effort with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (Division)...

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