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USDA Extends Application Deadline for Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13, 2024, to give eligible farmers, ranchers and…
Read MoreUSDA Launches Program to Support Agricultural Employers and Farmworkers, Aiming to Increase Economic and Supply Chain Resilience as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 22, 2023 – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that agricultural employers can begin to apply for a pilot program designed to improve the resiliency of the food…
Read MoreUSDA Invests Nearly a Half Billion Dollars in the Food for Progress and McGovern Dole Programs to Strengthen Global Food Security Using US Commodities
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the United States is investing $455 million to strengthen global food security and international capacity-building efforts. The investment will…
Read MoreUSDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Florida Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Florida residents in 11 counties (Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Suwanee, and…
Read MoreUSDA Expands Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Food Loss and Waste
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an additional $25 million investment to expand efforts to prevent and reduce food loss and waste. The…
Read MoreThe Changing Nature of Risk Management
The confluence of major transitions in the global economy is changing the nature of risk and how it is managed. Key features that are shifting gears include the Federal Reserve…
Read MoreUSDA Renews Pioneering Partnership with The Coca-Cola Company to Restore Forests, Grasslands and Watersheds
Decade-long partnership has replenished more than half a billion gallons of water on national forests and grasslands WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and The…
Read MoreNew USDA Study on Consumer Kitchen Behavior Underscores the Importance of Food Safety Education Month
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is releasing during Food Safety Education Month the results from the final year of a five-year study that observed…
Read MoreAs USDA Sees Record Interest in Conservation and Clean Energy Programs, Swift Implementation of Inflation Reduction Act Funding Continues
The Department Has Already Invested Significant Resources in Rural America from President Biden’s Historic Inflation Reduction Act WASHINGTON, DC, September 19, 2023 – On the heels of the first anniversary…
Read MoreSecretaries of Education, Agriculture Call on Governors to Equitably Fund Land-Grant HBCUs
WASHINGTON, September 18, 2023 – U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack today sent letters to 16 governors emphasizing the over $12 billion disparity…
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