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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2013 – The Postal Service’s decision to end Saturday deliveries will deal a blow to rural America, say a number of rural and agricultural leaders.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack awarded Pennsylvania State University a five-year research grant today valued at roughly $10 million to develop biomass supply chains for the production of liquid transportation and aviation biofuels in the Northeast.

President Obama’s re-election campaign is soliciting supporters to enlist in a “Rural Americans

At this rate of growth, by the middle of the century, the global population will exceed 9 billion

Development of biobased products and efforts to make homes and businesses more energy efficient have the potential to create jobs in rural America.

All of these prestigious and powerful thought leaders are now shining a bright light on our nation’s rural development policy at a critical moment in time.

The White House today announced the establishment of the first White House Rural Council