USDA Invests in Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Effort in Denver

DENVER, Colo., Sept. 12, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing approximately $350,000 in a grant to the International Rescue Committee in Denver for its New Roots: Seeds of Change program. The project is funded through USDA’s Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) grant program, which last month announced $7.4 million in funding nationwide. The grant will enable the International Rescue Committee to work with refugee communities to promote urban agriculture in the Denver area.

USDA Designates Two Utah Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border States Also Available

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2020 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Utah counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Kane and San Juan counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.

USDA Designates Kane County, Utah, as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

Emergency Support to Producers in Surrounding Counties/Border State Also Available

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2020 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Kane County, Utah, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.

USDA Designates 16 South Dakota Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts.

Biden Administration Appoints Bob Etheridge to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in North Carolina

Contact:
FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov



WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2021— The Biden Administration recently appointed Bob Etheridge as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA North Carolina Farm Service Agency (FSA). Etheridge joined the North Carolina FSA team on Oct. 11, 2021.