USDA
Biden-Harris admin will invest $7.3 billion in rural clean energy projects across 23 states
September 9, 2024The projects will support 4,500-plus permanent jobs, as well as 16,000 construction jobs, and reduce pollution by a total of 2.9 billion tons.
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Nebraska governor reverses course, takes federal money to feed hungry children
February 13, 2024Reversal follows protests at his office by numerous groups including hungry children themselves.
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How Heirs’ Property fueled 90 percent decline in Black-owned farmland
March 24, 2022Black farmland ownership, which peaked in 1910 at 16 to 19 million acres, has decreased to less than 3 million acres today, and Black farmers represent just over 1% of all U.S. farmers.
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In win for UFCW workers, USDA dumps Trump pork line speedups
June 2, 2021Biden administration throws in the towel on an experimental line speedup program at pork plants started under Trump.
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