BANGOR, Maine, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Maine office issued the following news release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week the U.S. Department of Agriculture is delivering on its promise to expand markets by investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America's climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. The new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity will finance pilot projects that c  more