Department of Agriculture

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Lesson learned: A long ago federal agriculture project that did not work out

An old book about a failed New Deal era agriculture project has been re-issued by the conservative American Enterprise Institute.

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Food Stamps

These USDA employees modernized an old program so poor Americans could eat better

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cyber

How a few agency leaders are defining, measuring ‘meaningful’ in-person work

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Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kiyoshi TannoWashington DC/USA Mar 25 2019/Signboard of United States Department of Veterans Affairs(VA).The VA stands in front of Lafayette Square Park in the north of the White House.

VA warns 81K health care employees’ jobs at risk under House GOP debt ceiling plan

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USDA Organic Foods

USDA prioritizing research into climate change, data infrastructure, nutritional equity

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Harvesting some info on the AG Dept’s Agricultural Research Service

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The government’s satisfaction index is up, but still not what it should be

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From humble beginnings to SES: Kimberly Graham, USDA Farm Service Agency

Kimberly Graham, the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency’s assistant deputy administrator for farm programs, started as a clerk typist out…

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The Forest Service claims progress in the effort to control western wildfires

The Forest Services, part of the Agriculture Department, is in the midst of a 10-year effort to better prevent wildfires, the kinds of seemingly out-of-control…

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Biden White House Holidays

Customer service at this USDA hotline is undercooked

We get mixed results when dialing into the federal and the commercial turkey-cooking hotlines.

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