Articles Tagged with ''Department of Agriculture''

The Department of Agriculture is awarding $50 million to school districts around the country for buying new equipment that will allow them to serve made-from-scratch meals and healthier food options.

Lisa Safarian is the new president and chief operating officer of Pivot Bio, and Ryan Findlay has been brought on to Rabo AgriFinance as the new regional lead of business development for carbon banking.

USDA appoints new leadership and Jason Weller joins JBS to lead the company’s sustainability efforts.

The USDA Equity Commission is recommending a study into the potential termination of the Farm Service Agency county committees and is recommending USDA stand up a program to ensure county committee minority advisers have direct access to the FSA administrator.

Congressional unease over foreign investment in the U.S. agriculture sector has spawned a heap of proposals meant to give agricultural acquisitions additional scrutiny in reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

A program to boost domestic fertilizer production capacity announced earlier this year will be open for business soon.

More money is being awarded through the Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program, offering loans or grants to 32 projects across 20 states to strengthen the country’s rural broadband access.

A bipartisan group of a dozen senators is calling on Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to hold off on policy changes that could make it easier for sugar to make its way across U.S. borders.

The Department of Agriculture has announced the members of California's state Farm Service Agency Committee as well as new members of its Washington-based White House liaison and faith-based initiatives offices.