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The Biden administration announced late last week a $74 million effort to improve health care facilities in rural communities.  The Rural Development grants will help 143 rural health care organizations expand critical services for three million people in 37 states, Guam and Puerto Rico.  ...

On Tuesday, the USDA announced it was allocating more than $70 million to support nearly 372 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program. According to USDA, the effort is to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation; to safeguard the nursery production system; and to respond to plant pest emergencies. Univ

The USDA has announced this year's recipients of the Farm to School grants. Deputy Undersecretary, Brandon Lipps said this is largest amount awarded since the program started in 2013. "This year we're giving out 159 project grants for a total of $12 ...