“I think Steve Jobs and all the innovators and entrepreneurs of this country have been fearless and that’s when we operate at our best. I happen to be working in a field right now with the American farmer and rancher, who is fearless. They put a crop in the ground every day and we’re having a record year in agriculture. It’s part of a story that’s not told very often in the economy. Trade surpluses, job growth, record income levels. Because American agriculture takes a risk every day.”
– Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, asked about the death of Steve Jobs, on this morning’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC
Trainee Peter Humber uses newly acquired skills to assist with an ecological restoration project in Philadelphia. He and other youth learned basic tree care, nursery and nature resource restoration skills through a Forest Service Recovery Act-funded arboriculture training program.
A Forest Service Recovery Act-funded arboriculture training program is helping young trainees learn basic tree care, nursery, and natural resource restoration skills while revitalizing urban areas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read more »
Like the mythical phoenix, the very real longleaf pine is rising from the ashes of near-extinction to reclaim its native range in Virginia with the help of committed partners and landowners like Bill Owen.
A musician by profession, Owen is a conservationist at heart who still lives in the family home in Yale, Va. By working with a team of six agencies, including USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, he hopes to realize his dream of planting 1,000 contiguous acres of longleaf pine in his lifetime. Read more »
Hi, I’m Dr. Sunny Geiser and I’m in the Area Veterinarian in Charge (AVIC) trainee program in USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Western Region. I’m currently stationed in Fort Collins, CO.
I grew up with horses and livestock and always enjoyed working with them. The medical aspect of their care fascinated me, so I decided to pursue a career in veterinary medicine. After vet school, I worked in both private practice and state regulatory medicine before joining APHIS. There’s a broader role to regulatory medicine and it feels like you are doing a greater service. Read more »
Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse (left) tours a Vinamilk factory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and sees dairy products the company has imported from the United States. Vinamilk is Vietnam’s largest dairy processing company and its general manager, Nguyen Quoc Khanh (right) is a 1998 alum of the Foreign Agricultural Service’s Cochran Fellowship Program. Scuse was in Vietnam last week leading USDA’s first agricultural trade mission there. Photo by Le Sy Hoang Chuong
Last week, I was honored to lead USDA’s first-ever agricultural trade mission to Vietnam, which is quickly becoming one of the United State’s largest markets for agricultural exports.
While there, I met with government and agricultural officials, witnessed trade relationships developing between U.S. and Vietnamese companies, and visited some of Vietnam’s most successful agricultural production and development sites. Read more »
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