Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will make his first official visit to Puerto Rico starting next Tuesday, when he will highlight the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ongoing commitment to addressing food security and rural opportunity in the Commonwealth.
The Integral Agricultural Development Fund, known as FIDA in Spanish, received a $57,415 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be used to provide energy audits or renewable energy development assistance to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week it is soliciting applications for grants to establish broadband in unserved rural communities through its “Community Connect” Program, which has some $12 million available to assign.
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