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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7.3 Billion in Clean Energy Investments from the Investing in America Agenda, Largest Investment in Rural Electrification Since the New Deal

Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 9:00am

WESTBY, WI, Sept. 5, 2024 – During a visit to Wisconsin today, President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to build clean energy for rural communities across...

Path to a New Farm Bill: Increasing Access and Affordability in Local Food Systems

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 8:05am

Martin Rodriguez sells at Corona Farmers Market in Queens | Photo credit USDA

Editor’s Note: This post is part of a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Through a series comparing the House and...

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the 2023 Household Food Security in the U.S. Report

USDA News

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 11:00am

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2024 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service published its annual Household Food Security Report in the United States. The report shows that in 2023,...

1890 National Scholar’s Roots Run Deep in Agriculture

USDA Blog

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 - 9:19am

When Kiera Sherrod was young, her grandfather often came to her house in Albany, Georgia to plant crops in her parents’ backyard for her family to maintain and harvest. This ritual also sparked the beginning of his granddaughter’s interest in agriculture.