Today's announcement has the potential to make wind energy more accessible inMaine, according to USDA Rural Development Maine State DirectorRhiannon Hampson. "This partnership betweenUSDAandDOEcreates new funding, technical assistance, and research and development opportunities," said Director Hampson. "I...
USDA home loansare backed by the US Department of Agriculture (hence the name) to promote economic development in rural areas of the U.S. When people own homes, they purchase home-related goods and services and tend to stay in the neighborhood longer. ...
While urban improvement generally falls under the Department of Housing and Urban Development, USDA covers the farmland and rural communities. If you want to slow the flight of rural people into the bulging cities like Atlanta, it starts with Mrs. Sherrod and others (like me) who haven’t ...
cheering me on and adding much needed perspective and edits at different points of the process. After a year and a half of drafting and reviewing, we released the article linked below through the skill of the JAFSCD team,