{"id":1917,"date":"2024-12-09T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/?page_id=1917"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:21:03","slug":"model-usda-scenario-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/model-usda-scenario-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Model USDA Scenario D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uds-hero-sm alignfull has-btn-row \"><div class=\"hero-overlay\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/10\/model-usda-web-hero-images-19.jpg\" class=\"hero\" alt=\"A great field of farm with many buildings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/10\/model-usda-web-hero-images-19.jpg 1920w, 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class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investing in rural America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-copy-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In this Model USDA scenario, students are tasked with developing a three-year strategy to spend USDA Rural Development funding in a way that best supports rural areas across the country.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"uds-section alignfull allowed-after-hero bg topo-white \" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">event brief<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1fVfs0CaI1zXOBKer60_UwtZtMFAWAVQMfqLvP2TnHAg\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the scenario brief<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We would like to extend our thanks to Emily Cai and Casey White, ASU sustainable food systems graduate students, for their invaluable contributions in 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