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WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that people recovering from recent severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides may be eligible for food assistance through USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Read MoreAtlanta, GA, March 12, 2025 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to deliver remarks to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Secretary Rollins and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, March 11, 2025 – Today, following the inaugural meeting of the Make America Healthy Again Commission, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced their continued work on the 2025-...
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
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Release: NSAC Responds to Termination of Critical Local Food Funding, Envisions Future for Popular Program...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, March 11, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the following statement today regarding the status of probationary employees:
Every year, National Groundwater Awareness Week (March 9-15, 2025) advocates for the sustainable management and testing of groundwater to promote safe, reliable water sources. Groundwater provides a source for drinking water, irrigation and food production, making it a vital resource for rural...
Read MoreAsheville, NC, March 7, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins surveyed natural disaster damage and met with U.S. Forest Service members in Western North Carolina yesterday, where recent wildfires and hurricanes have caused significant destruction. During her visit...
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Contact: Laura Zaks
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
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Release: NSAC Holds Briefing as USDA Funding Freeze and Layoffs Threaten... Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today praised President Donald J. Trump’s action to make adjustments to tariffs imposed on imports from Canada and Mexico that fall under his historic United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in addition to a reduction of
Read More“The pause is a place of immense potential and power. Cultivating a relationship to the pause means cultivating a relationship to possibility.” – Octavia Raheem
Farmers and earth workers at an agricultural retreat walk...
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