USDA Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Happy Compromise Farm + Sanctuary grows nutritious food for their local community distributed through a “free farm stand.” Though surrounded by farms in the rural Southern Tier of New York, the area is a food desert with a 16% poverty rate, a condition that often leads to higher risk for chronic health conditions and limited healthcare.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development is offering a one-time grant opportunity to strengthen Michigan food hubs and farm stops. Applications are due February 21, 2025. The maximum award amount is $50,000.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The combination of programs ensures they each have permanent funding and encourages coordination between the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Rural Development. This new application seeks to simplify applications and reporting processes to increase the accessibility of the program for small and rural organizations.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In 2013, when GAIN formed a partnership with Nidan and the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society— JEEViKA , which is an autonomous body under the Government of Bihar’s Department of Rural Development. And the SHG model is one of the most important microfinance mechanisms in India.

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ProAg

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Senate Ag Committee and national agriculture groups are applauding rural infrastructure investments from USDA. Senator Tina Smith says hundreds of millions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act are being distributed for basic infrastructure to underserved communities. Read more on rural infrastructure here.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These projects include development of a food distribution system across rural Northwestern California. Meanwhile, USDA and California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) are awarding $21.5 million for 117 projects, including seven Infrastructure Grants and 110 Equipment Grants. CDFA is still reviewing 11 additional projects.

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NASDA

JANUARY 22, 2024

Pesticide Regulation In 43 states and Puerto Rico, the state department of agriculture is a co-regulatory partner with EPA and is responsible for administering, implementing and enforcing the production, labeling, distribution, sale, use and disposal of pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act which establishes a rigorous, (..)

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Despite the equipment, the barn felt nearly empty, and Taylor pointed out that the extra space will allow them to bring in crops from their neighbors for cooperative distribution. Graham said that 2025 would be a year of testing the waters of collaborative capacity building, joint distribution, and building a food community.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

But he believes that there is a new way forward, advocating for a transformation that supports agroecology, rural communities, and networks of smaller cities. The Proof Is in the Dough: Rural Southern Women, Extension, and Money Making by Kathryn L.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

With up to 70 percent of Zimbabwe’s population surviving on rural economic activitiesmostly rain-fed crop farmingrecurring droughts are devastating to the country. The government instituted measures to increase production of these crops through input distribution and promotion through extension systems, Brazier tells Food Tank.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Rural Response Hotline : 1-800-464-0258. Haskins is the behavioral health lead at AgriSafe , an agricultural health care network formed by rural nurses in 2003. According to pre-workshop surveys that Flores distributed last year, three out of five farmers reported having been injured, with each person averaging about 2.8

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Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America by Sonja Trom Eayrs Attorney and farmers daughter Eayrs chronicles the long history of havoc wreaked by corporate farms on rural communities. And Hawken reveals what possibilities the element may open up in the future.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Rice farmers think so. Lisa Morehouse , April 8, 2018 5 Where beef is more than dinner Lisa Morehouse , January 22, 2019 6 A stuffed pepper became the spark for this radio reporter’s California food series Kristina Johnson , April 26, 2016

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Caff

MARCH 11, 2025

Over 20 million dollars spent on fresh food, equaling roughly 18 million meals distributed to people in need across the state. These investments, particularly those in rural communities, have enabled farmers to expand their operations and strengthen their businesses. The result of this collaboration?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

These investments focus on production, processing, aggregation/distribution, market opportunities, and consumer access. Each year, USDA spends billions purchasing food for schools, food pantries, and community nutrition programs across rural and urban settings. The Expanding Access to Local Foods Act of 2024 (S.

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Tillable

JULY 22, 2024

As illustrated in the map below, the findings reveal a fascinating sweep of land distribution. What do you think this map shows about rural land ownership in America? The threshold for analysis is 5 acres, eliminating landowners that only own land in the suburbs or cities. Rankings Top 10 States CamoAg is the source for the data used.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Representing State Lead Agencies in 43 states, NASDA members are tasked with numerous elements of pesticide regulation that are immediately impacted by this decision, including the administration, implementation, and enforcement of the production, labeling, distribution, sale, use, and disposal of pesticides under FIFRA.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition press@sustainableagriculture.net Tel. The farm safety net is a cornerstone of agriculture policy and is a fault line in ongoing farm bill negotiations,” said report author Billy Hackett, NSAC Policy Specialist.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

He put his culinary skills to use that day and for many afterward, helping prep big batches of roasted squash and cabbage-apple slaw to be distributed alongside braised beef and pork. He was heartened to see that visitors to the makeshift pantrymany of whom had lost everything and were living in tents or carsmaintained a positive mood.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Choctaw Tribal Members Choctaw Fresh Tomika Bell (Choctaw Fresh Produce distribution manager): As Native Americans, we live in rural areas, which means we don’t have the ability to be near any kind of grocery stores or farm stands. We started out paying them $8 an hour and have been able to find the funding to increase that to $12.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 12, 2025

Historically, mutual aid has worked best amongst rural people living in geographic isolation and with a shared spiritual practice for at least one generation, and people with shared identities who have been cast out from the mainstream. In this photo, volunteers harvest fresh herbs right before heading to a produce giveaway.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

As more people pour into metropolises—urban populations are projected to double in the next three decades, according to the World Bank —scientists like Bousselot are investigating how designers and planners can ruralize cities, greening roofs, and empty lots. What we should probably focus on is resilience overall.” “The

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Civil Eats

MARCH 26, 2025

In 2016, he purchased 12 acres in nearby rural Cedar Grove to start a regenerative vegetable farm, which he named Sankofa, after the West African word for reclaiming and carrying forward what has been lost. They send them produce bags every weekright now, I think they distribute to around 1,000 kids. Just look around now.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Choctaw Tribal Members Choctaw Fresh Tomika Bell (Choctaw Fresh Produce distribution manager): As Native Americans, we live in rural areas, which means we don’t have the ability to be near any kind of grocery stores or farm stands. We started out paying them $8 an hour and have been able to find the funding to increase that to $12.

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Caff

MARCH 11, 2025

Over 20 million dollars spent on fresh food, equaling roughly 18 million meals distributed to people in need across the state. These investments, particularly those in rural communities, have enabled farmers to expand their operations and strengthen their businesses. The result of this collaboration?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Procurement Reform Act directs the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a fresh produce purchasing program that prioritizes purchasing from beginning, small and mid-size, and socially disadvantaged farmers and distributes high quality produce to food insecure communities nationwide.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

Since taking over the dairy a decade ago and branding it Foggy Bottoms Boys , the couple has been bucking convention and helping their rural community navigate changing economic tides. A lot of people don’t understand why my cheese costs [four times more than] Walmart’s.” “We’re an important fabric of these rural communities.”

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Food Tank

JUNE 14, 2024

As a result, NYC gardeners have been addressing food apartheid themselves for years by turning vacant lots into food production and distribution sites. These models support healthy food access while strengthening economic justice for urban and rural farmers alike, critical stakeholders in the city’s foodshed.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Read all the stories in this series: A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland An urban farm trailblazer begins building a Black agrarian corridor in rural Maryland, fostering community and climate resilience. Land access was the first step.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 5, 2024

Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. As such, it’s an instrument for distributing huge amounts of money and for setting multi-year political priorities. Of course, rural participants in grassroots racial justice movements have always known this. Like what you see here?

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 19, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Keep It Rural , an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Join the mailing list for more rural news, thoughts, and analysis in your inbox each week. Like what you see? If bird flu evolves to be more transmissible human-to-human, the threat of a pandemic could be high.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Through the Rural and Agricultural Income & Savings from Renewable Energy (RAISE) initiative, USDA is setting an initial goal of helping 400 individual farmers deploy smaller-scale wind projects using USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Also, USDA and DOE developing a farmers guide to distributed wind power.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

These investments focus in areas of production, processing, aggregation/distribution, market opportunities, and consumer access. These particular business development activities described below are essential elements for processing, aggregating, and distributing local products through new or growing regional markets.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress can ultimately see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs through RCPP, as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate. 5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

As above, it is likely that some rural communities will be classified as disadvantaged through the CEJST. We encourage EPA to publish a NOFO for the funding competition that is inclusive of climate-smart agriculture and forestry projects and rural communities. In conclusion, U.S.

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Food Politics

JANUARY 5, 2024

Advancing the Equitable Reach of the Child and Adult Care Food Program: A Case for Considering Rural Communities’ Unique Needs: Jennifer A. Use of School-Based Food Distribution and P-EBT. The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Nutritional Benefits and Barriers Hindering Participation by Home-Based Childcare Providers.

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