http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/rural_development The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/obama_names_rural_farm_officials <img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/obamahead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <p>President <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/profiles/barack_obama">Barack Obama</a> has named two men to lead efforts in rural North Carolina for the <a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a>.</p> <p>Aaron Martin will serve as North Carolina State Executive Director for the <a href="http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&amp;subject=landing&amp;topic=landing">Farm Service Agency</a> at the USDA. There, he will help provide loans for equipment, seed and fertilizer, and work to get disaster relief to farmers, Barb Barrett reports. The Farm Service Agency also obtains commodities to help low-income families through food aid programs.</p> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/obama_names_rural_farm_officials#comments Under the Dome Aaron Martin Barack Obama Bob Etheridge Farm Service Agency G.K. Butterfield Heath Shuler Kay Hagan Randall Gore Rural Development U.S. Department of Agriculture Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:33:40 -0400 bniolet 15981 at http://projects.newsobserver.com