Vilsack: USDA investment should help rural America
Durango Herald
HILLSBORO, Mo. - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday the Obama administration is making new investments in rural America that should help reverse the economic decline seen in many small towns.
Vilsack laid out the administration's plan at a summit on rural economic issues in Hillsboro, Mo., about 40 miles south of St. Louis. New investments in broadband Internet, biofuels plants and small-scale farming will help create jobs in rural areas, Vilsack said.
While rural communities have lost jobs and residents for decades, they have a chance to regain them by producing fuel from crops and establishing Internet connections to other areas, he said. Vilsack told about 400 people who attended the gathering at Jefferson College that new attention - and investment - would flow from Washington.
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HILLSBORO, Mo. - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday the Obama administration is making new investments in rural America that should help reverse the economic decline seen in many small towns.
Vilsack laid out the administration's plan at a summit on rural economic issues in Hillsboro, Mo., about 40 miles south of St. Louis. New investments in broadband Internet, biofuels plants and small-scale farming will help create jobs in rural areas, Vilsack said.
While rural communities have lost jobs and residents for decades, they have a chance to regain them by producing fuel from crops and establishing Internet connections to other areas, he said. Vilsack told about 400 people who attended the gathering at Jefferson College that new attention - and investment - would flow from Washington.
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