That Arts-Granting Agency, The USDA (Whuh?)

“A little semiprofessional theater amid the farmland of Hammonton, N.J., has become the beneficiary of more than a half-million dollars in grants and low-interest loans from a most unlikely arts angel: the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Eagle Theatre, in the center of what’s known as the blueberry capital of the world, is wasting no time spending that money.”