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Obama Administration Announces $6.7 Million to Hire Young People to Work on Public Lands Across the Nation

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. May 22, 2014 -- As part of the Department of the Interior's ambitious youth initiative to inspire millions of young adults and veterans to play, learn, serve and work in the great outdoors and the President's 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Initiative, Secretary of the...

Obama Administration to Hire 20,000 Young People for Summer Work on Public Lands

WASHINGTON, and SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, CA, May 18, 2012 – In response to President Obama's call to expand opportunities for summer employment for young people and connect them with the great outdoors, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Tom Vilsack...

U.S. Forest Service and White House Council on Environmental Quality Announce New 21CSC Member Organizations

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2014 -- The U.S. Forest Service and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today recognized 24 groups as new 21st Century Conservation Service Corps member organizations, bringing the total number of 21CSC member organizations to 124. "Our continuing work with...

Secretary Vilsack Highlights USDA’s Commitment to Future Generations in Agriculture

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2, 2023 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed students, agricultural educators, and guests at the opening session of the 96th National FFA Convention and Expo before signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the organization formalizing a partnership to prepare...

Empowering Young Leaders

September 01, 2020

Lessons found in the agriculture industry provide unique opportunities for youth to develop into strong leaders who will go on to lead local, state and national communities. The USDA is proud to partner with a number of student organizations and provide a range of programs to assist youth to meet...

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USDA, NFL, Fuel Up to Play 60 Partner to Award $35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2016 – Amid pre-Super Bowl 50 celebrations tomorrow, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and Paul Rovey, dairy farmer and leader of the National Dairy Council (NDC), will announce the availability of $35 million in grants to help schools...

Tribal Resources

March 13, 2019

2022 USDA Tribal Youth Resource Guide The USDA Tribal Youth Guide seeks to help Native youth learn about some of the USDA programs and resources that are available to them. Native youth and organizations working with them are welcome to contact the USDA Office of Tribal Relations for more...

USDA, Partners to Invest Over $11 Million in 21st Century Conservation Service

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2016 — As National Get Outdoors Month begins, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Forest Service and partners have invested over $11 million to support work and training opportunities for more than 1,500 youth and veterans on national forests and...

Food Systems Dialogues

March 05, 2021

U.S. National Food Systems Dialogues In the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit, UN Member States are invited to host a series of three Member State Dialogues (hereafter referred to as National Food Systems Dialogues). The objective of the National Food Systems Dialogues is to enable a diverse set...

Resources

March 01, 2020

Sharing and Navigating Resources InterTribal Technical Assistance Network Through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Tribal Relations and the Intertribal Agriculture Council, the Intertribal Technical Assistance Network (ITAN) was established to increase...