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“Our dream is to be part of upgrading the living standards of small-scale farmers who produce the foods that go into Azuri products, in a sustainable and profitable way,” - Tei Mukunya, CEO of Azuri Health Limited, Kenya A common challenge among...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resolved dozens of export issues in 2012, freeing up an estimated $4 billion in U.S. agricultural and forestry exports and...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-3088 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse will lead a mission to promote U.S...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2012 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 raw and refined sugar tariff-rate quotas (TRQs). USDA is establishing the FY 2013 TRQ for raw cane sugar at 1,231,497 short tons raw value...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2012 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that about 30 representatives of foreign embassies located in Washington, D.C., will tour Northern California Sept. 10-14 as part of the annual orientation tour...

by Janet Nuzum, FAS Associate Administrator After a morning visit to the White House Kitchen garden, 27 students from Ecole Du Breuil, the leading school of Horticulture and Landscaping Techniques of the City of Paris, France, spent the afternoon...

By Jana Mikulasova, FAS Agricultural Specialist, .S. Embassy Prague The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in Prague, Czech Republic , joined the People’s Garden initiative in the summer of 2009, when employees started planning their project...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 NUREMBERG, Germany, Feb. 15, 2012-The European Union and the United States announced today that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as...

Correction for release FAS-PR-0113-11.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 raw and refined sugar tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), an extension of the FY 2012 raw sugar TRQ time period, and an increase in the FY 2011...

Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 CHICAGO, June 17, 2009 -- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced that a first-of-its-kind agreement has been reached between the United States and Canada that will expand...