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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.
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This story was updated on 8/27/20.If you look up into the sky, you might see low-flying planes over the mountains dropping brown pellets for the next…
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Ohio Valley farmers have received more than $100 million so far in federal relief payments to offset the economic damage caused by the coronavirus…
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A new federal program is buying more than $1 billion in farm products such as dairy, produce and meat unable to be sold due to the pandemic’s disruptions…
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When you think of some of West Virginia’s biggest economic drivers, extractive industries like coal or natural gas are likely the first things that often…
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Being a farmer isn’t easy. One woman in Georgia found that getting assistance as a black farmer can be especially tough.Shirley Sherrod said she found…
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Wharncliffe is a tiny community deep in the hills of Mingo County, in a rural corner of southern West Virginia. The road there is narrow with the…
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The Agriculture Department says all its offices will be open Thursday after facilities in five states were briefly closed due to an unspecified email…
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The summer break from school can be really tough for some children whose parents can’t always afford to buy food. Summer lunch programs across the country…
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It’s National Farmers Market Week, and USDA Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development, Doug O’Brien, visited the Capitol Market in Charleston to help…