USDA Blog » Celebrating 90-Plus Years of USDA’s International Activities

The modern Foreign Service is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, as is the American Foreign Service Association. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Foreign Service Act into law, combining the United States diplomatic and consular services to create the United States Foreign Service. By that time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had already been posting employees overseas for 42 years. 



USDA Blog » Celebrating 90-Plus Years of USDA’s International Activities