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Growing Jobs in Rural America

July 14, 2011 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan

In President Obama’s July 11 press conference, he asked us all to look at the steps we can take short term in order to put folks back to work. At the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), we have been promoting the domestic biobased industry because we know green jobs represent a growth investment...

USDA Results Conservation

Deputy Secretary Outlines USDA BioPreferred Program During an Ohio Visit

April 14, 2011 Mike Kaufman, Regional Public Affairs Specialist

USDA employees and members of the public in Columbus, Ohio had the chance to hear Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan speak recently at the Columbus Federal Building as part of her one-day tour of the Buckeye state. Merrigan’s first stop in the morning was at the Hoover plant in...

Rural

USDA Biobased Product Label Launches Today

January 20, 2011 Kate Lewis, Deputy Program Manager, BioPreferred

In today’s market, consumers have high expectations for the products they purchase. Beyond performance and pricing, consumers like the opportunity to make educated purchasing decisions for their families, and increasingly, decisions that that have an impact. USDA’s new biobased product label will...

Conservation
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