Richmond

President Obama has stressed time and again that the best ideas don't always come from Washington. It is with that spirit that I met this week with a group of agricultural entrepreneurs in Richmond, Virginia to hear their thoughts on the best ways for the federal government to stimulate economic...

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: There’s a lot going on in the Church Hill North neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia! For three years, the congregation at 31 st Street Baptist Church has been growing fresh vegetables in an urban garden behind their church. More recently, they launched a...

What better way to celebrate Earth Day last month than to recognize projects that are environmentally friendly and to educate our elementary school youths. That's exactly what we did in northwest Missouri. The Missouri Rural Development (RD) staff partnered with the Senior Citizens Nursing Home...