poverty

Between 2015-2019, households in rural persistently poor counties were the least likely to have home internet.  According to ERS more than three in ten households lack internet access at home.  In comparison, only two in ten households in rural counties that were not persistently poor had no internet access at home.  A similar pa...

During his time as Ag Secretary during the Obama Administration, Tom Vilsack created a program of focused economic help, "for communities that have been dealing with persistent poverty for far too long". Vilsack called the effort, "Strike Force ...

With a variety of schools closed nationwide because of the coronavirus pandemic, the USDA continues to work with a variety of groups, businesses and people trying to determine innovative ways to feed children in need. "We announced an expanded partnership with the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty; McClain Global and PepsiCo ...

We in the Ag community love living in our small communities, and all the charm that goes with it.  But a new report out by the USDA’s Economic Research Service, says rural portions of America are dealing with some very real problems.   P...

In their Rural America at a Glance outlook, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says the gap between median income in rural and urban America has remains about the same as it has in recent years.   Research Economist John Cromartie has better news about the poverty gap.   “...