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Video:StrikeForce Indian Country

Jan 14, 2014

In 2010, USDA launched the StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity -- an effort to leverage partnerships in poverty-stricken rural areas to ensure that every community has equal access to USDA programs. This short film looks at success stories from the initiative in New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, South Dakota and Texas reported in the Summer of 2013. From crop processing facilities and water systems on reservations to healthy school meals and small business loans, StrikeForce is making a difference in America's neediest places.