U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the American Samoa Department of Agriculture (ASDOA) and the benefit of local farmers. Congress authorized this funding program in a recent Congress (the 115th) as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press release issued by the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS), director Muavaefa’atasi John E. Suisala announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS), approved ASG’s request to issue temporary monthly emergency...

![“This is great work locally by the American Samoa Agriculture Department to qualify for these helpful funds, and work on this further assistance for any of our people that need this program,” Amata said. Pictured,Congresswoman Amata meeting with Ag Committee Ranking Member Glenn Thompson, who led an agriculture Congressional Delegation to American Samoa in 2017. [courtesy photo] Congresswoman Amata meeting with Ag Committee Ranking Member Glenn Thompson](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_n_glenn_thompson.jpg?itok=SASC-2kb)
