Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Sponsored by Ascendium Education Group, the FORWARD curriculum is designed to support Cooperative Extension Professionals (CEPs) working to address workforce development issues in rural communities.

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Brian Depew, executive director of the Center for Rural ...

Runners and spectators crowd the streets of Millinocket, Maine, for the annual marathon. The town is trying different approaches -- including recreational development -- to create a stronger economy.

The Office for Rural Postsecondary & Economic Development serves both secondary and postsecondary students in rural areas in an effort to create a bridge between secondary education and career ...

Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador ...

August 15, 2017 – WonderArts Vermont is the recent recipient of a USDA Rural Development – Rural Business Development Grant in the amount of $58,947. This funding supports the purchasing of equipment ...

The group has completed three projects using money from New York's Small Projects Fund, with four more lined up ...

MOLINE, Ill., May 12-- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Co-Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, expressed ...