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08/03/2011 01:12 PM EDT
The Newton County Farm Service Agency in Morocco, Ind., expanded its People's Garden this year to include three plots that were tended by elementary school children. Last week, the group of third and fourth graders who completed the Junior Master Gardener program held a brunch with dishes made with produce grew and harvested from the garden. During the brunch, the youths offered presentations on what they learned this year and spoke on their favorite vegetable, good bugs and bad bugs and the potato bag project (growing potatoes in a garbage bag). The program required the kids to meet once a...
08/03/2011 10:31 AM EDT
In an effort to support the Feds Feed Families Food Drive, USDA agencies in the St. Paul, Minn. area joined forces to provide $640, the equivalent of 1,920 pounds of food, to the Second Harvest Heartland food bank by participating in a USDA Interagency Pig Roast. Hosted by the Minnesota FSA FISH Committee — a voluntary employee group that follows the FISH philosophy of workplace management developed by John Christensen, and is dedicated to boosting employee morale by bringing a positive attitude to the workplace — the menu boasted of BBQ pork, coleslaw, chips, beans, watermelon and cookies. Employees paid...
08/03/2011 08:29 AM EDT
Employees at the USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., collected 2,500 pounds of food last week during the Flavors of USDA: Feds Cook to Feed Families. The event celebrated food from different cultures represented throughout the department and served as an avenue for employees to donate fresh produce and non-perishable goods to help meet the goal of collecting 500,000 pounds for the Feds Feed Families campaign. In June the department collected more than 100,000 pounds of food for hungry families. Additionally, the Farm Service Agency held a "Bring A Can to Work Day" last week and collected 600 pounds of food.
08/02/2011 04:03 PM EDT
The USDA Commodity Credit Corporation, which helps stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices, released interest rates for August 2011. The borrowing rate-based charge is 0.125, which is unchanged from July 2011, while the 1996 and subsequent crop year commodity and marketing assistance loans dispersed during August is 1.125, unchanged from last month. Interest rates for Farm Storage Facility Loans and discount rates for the Tobacco Transition Payment Program also are available. Read more.
08/02/2011 10:07 AM EDT
Applications are now being accepted for a People's Garden Grant Program designed to facilitate the creation of produce, recreation or wildlife gardens in urban and rural areas. The gardens will provide opportunities for science-based informal education. About $750,000 is available through fiscal year 2011. The maximum award to a single applicant will be $150,000. Applications must be received by Friday, Aug. 26. Learn more or download the application package.
08/02/2011 07:53 AM EDT
Federal employees can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as spending cuts set as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling will not affect federal pay and benefits. But the deal isn't totally off of the table. As part of the second half of the deal, republican and democratic lawmakers must find $1.5 trillion in additional savings by Nov. 23. This could mean a hike in employees' pension contributions, a switch to a high-five system for setting pensions and a new method for determining pensions' future cost-of-living adjustments. Read more (Federal Times).
08/01/2011 07:29 AM EDT
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack leaves podium to speak one-on-one with young leaders from the Future Farmers of America. The event was part of the National FFA State President's Conference. The economy and the issue of raising the debt ceiling and its affect on agriculture was a common theme among leaders of the Future Farmers of America who met with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last Thursday as part of the National FFA State President's Conference. Vilsack spoke to more than 100 FFA leaders at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., about the challenges facing agriculture and the importance of the 2012 Farm...
08/05/2011 08:32 AM EDT
A loan from FSA bought Hongye Gao a new tractor that has helped his farm to flourish. The USDA Farm Service Agency in Hawaii is going above and beyond to assist minority farmers in the Aloha State. Thomas Nii, Assistant Farm Loan Manager of the Honolulu County Office recently mentored Chinese immigrant farmer Hongye Gao and his wife Sokha Ith through some earlier credit issues, which enabled Gao to secure a loan with the Farm Service Agency for a much needed tractor. When he came to the Farm Service Agency, Mr. Gao had been farming 25 acres of subleased property...
08/03/2011 03:01 PM EDT
Now that lawmakers have settled on a deal to raise the debt ceiling, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said his focus, along with President Obama's, is to focus on job growth and boosting the nation's agricultural sales around the world. During his visit to Wisconsin today and tomorrow, Vilsack told Gannett Wisconsin Media that this year will be exceptional for exports. ""There's no better prescription than agriculture today," said Vilsack."We anticipate that 2011 will be the best year ever in the history of agriculture exports." (Gannett Wisconsin Media) Read more.
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