Rural Business-Cooperative ServiceUSDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service offers programs to support business development and job training opportunities for rural residents.
Our programs help provide the capital, technical support, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial skills that can help rural residents start and grow businesses or access jobs in agricultural markets and in the bio-based economy. USDA and our public and private partners are connecting rural residents to the global economy by:
Supporting business growth and development;
Facilitating sustainable renewable energy development;
Developing regional food systems;
Generating and retaining jobs through recreation and natural resource restoration, conservation, and management;
Increasing access to broadband;These investments support the nation’s long-term prosperity by ensuring that rural communities are self-sustaining, repopulating and thriving economically.
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