USDA Partners With Reinvestment Fund To Increase Equitable Access To Healthy Foods Across Country As Part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, Funding Will Help 75 Local Organizations Create and Expand Food Financing Programs in Underserved Communities ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 17, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is partnering with Reinvestment Fund to help organizations strengthen local food financing programs and improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country.

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released “Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detection Program Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Strategy.” APHIS worked with members of the National Plant Board to develop a unified roadmap for USDA and its partners to protect American agriculture from the threat of invasive fruit flies and measure our progress along the way.

STILLWATER, Okla. – Wheat producers in southwest Oklahoma are reporting stripe rust disease in their fields, and Oklahoma State University Extension wheat pathologist Meriem Aoun says cases have spread north to Stillwater.

May 21st, 2024 | Metro Tech, Springlake Drive, Oklahoma City, OK Join us for an insightful and comprehensive seminar dedicated to empowering state and local government officials, as well as community advocates, in their pursuit of affordable housing solutions. The Increasing the Supply of New Affordable Housing event is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and resources necessary to address the critical issue of affordable housing shortage in their communities.

Oklahoma gardeners looking for herbs and succulents to plant in the garden should plan to attend the annual Herb and Succulent Festival at The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University later this month.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) is hosting the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, the world’s largest fundraising event dedicated to helping communities in their fight against cancer, on Friday, April 26 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the SWOSU Wellness Center. This event aims to raise awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) with locations in Weatherford, Sayre, and Yukon has announced the establishment of the Omar J. & Katie Rogers Scholarship Fund.

(StatePoint) If you’re the type of traveler who loves getting to know a region’s people and culture, then look no further than Kentucky’s museums. Beyond the world-famous National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, the International Museum of the Horse in Lexington, and the Newport Aquarium in Northern Kentucky, are these lesserknown but just as amazing museums: Roots 101 African American History Museum Located in the heart of downtown Louisville with a view of the Ohio River, the Roots 101 African American History Museum gives visitors a comprehensive look into what it means to be Black in Kentucky, and the United States.

May is a busy month filled with a number of notable holidays and events. Each May, people honor mothers, graduates, veterans who lost their lives in war, and those of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage. This month also is an opportunity to recognize the contributions Jewish people have made to the United States and abroad.

Pastor Wes Kinder Tell Others! Y’all hear that timid knock at the door? It sounds like maybe the neighbor’s puppy is knocking with his tail. Well, you finally get up to open it and there is a stranger there who is shifting his feet and waving his hand very nervous and unsure.