USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will make up to $10 million available to help residents of rural towns develop renewable energy projects that will help cut energy costs and contribute to the nationwide…
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Ask Renewable Rayna: Recent Rural Energy Investments Explained
Renewable energy projects are getting a lending hand in rural America. On Sept. 9, at a press conference led by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, USDA officials announced a $464 million investment in renewable energy infrastructure to assist rural areas decrease…
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Goldmon Advising Agriculture Secretary on Racial Equity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAn Arkansas farmer has been named a senior advisor for racial equity to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Dewayne Goldmon, a Southeast Arkansas farmer, was appointed to serve as a senior advisor to Secretary Tom Vilsack. Goldmon has served as…
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack started his April 15 lecture in Little Rock by talking about the Obama administration’s many programs designed to improve opportunities in rural America. He ended it defending the environmental stewardship of America’s farmers. Vilsack’s presentation…