Molly Lambert, Vermont State Director for USDA Rural Development, was joined by Jenny Nelson from U.S. Senator Bernie Sander’s Office, State Officials, and Lyndon Town Officials for an Earth Day tree planting celebration and to announce the award of a USDA Rural Development Water and Environmental Program grant to upgrade the local wastewater treatment plant. Read more »
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Dick Lawrence, Earth Day, Edwin Betz, Howard Crawford, Jenny Nelson, loan, Lyndon State College, Mark Koprowski, Molly Lambert, Rhonda Shipppee, Rural Development, Tim Gaskins, Vermont
Environment, Rural Development
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was pleased to deliver a little holiday cheer to our nation’s dairy producers when he announced the implementation of the new Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment (DELAP) program. The 2010 Agricultural Appropriations Bill authorized $290 million for loss assistance payments to eligible dairy producers. Read more »
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Collin Peterson, dairy, David Obey, DELAP, Farmers, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Leahy, Russ Feingold, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Tom Vilsack
Food and Nutrition
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