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Kudos to Chicago’s High School Top Chefs!

February 09, 2011 Janey Thornton, Ph.D., SNS, Deputy Under Secretary for USDA’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

On January 24, 2011, a wintry day in Chicago, 20,000 high school students in the Chicago Public Schools were treated to a prize-winning, delicious and healthy school lunch created by their fellow students. Topping the menu was Afro-Caribe Plancha (Cuban turkey, black beans, provolone cheese and...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

The Small Plant Help Desk, Accepting Calls!

May 27, 2010 acampbell

Beth McKew, DVM, Staff Officer, State Outreach and Technical Assistance Staff, Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training, Food Safety and Inspection Service

Health and Safety Food and Nutrition Farming

Air Force Veteran Finds Meaning in New Career with USDA Rural Development

May 25, 2023 Mariela Castaneda, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

Veteran Tray Middlebrooks grew up in Merritt Island, Florida, and Manassas, Virginia. After college, he wanted to follow a reliable and purposeful path forward. He went on to serve 10 years of active duty as an Air Force medic stationed in Nevada and Florida followed by three years in the Florida...

Equity Initiatives

AMS Service Solutions Help Farmers and Handlers Make All the Right Moves

August 15, 2018 Harry J. Fisher, Specialty Crops Inspection Division, AMS

It takes a village to get those red ripe watermelon or sweet ears of corn to the neighborhood grocery store at the right time for consumers. Producers must decide when to plant and pick crops, package produce, find buyers and select the right shipper to transport products to market. Hundreds of...

Food and Nutrition

Cooperative Forestry Act Celebrates 40 Years of Helping Private Forest Owners

June 28, 2018 Joyce El Kouarti, Office of Communication, USDA Forest Service

When most people think of forested lands in our country what comes to mind are public wild lands like the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon or the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. But the reality is most forests in America, nearly sixty percent, are owned by private landowners who very much...

Forestry

Landowners in Deep South Protect 700,000 Acres of Wetlands with USDA Help

October 27, 2017 Jocelyn Benjamin, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Private landowners in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have protected 700,000 acres of critical wetlands in the past 25 years, which accounts for one-third of all wetlands under USDA conservation easements in the country. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and several...

Conservation

Shaping Forests from the Bottom Up: It's All About Root Disease

November 08, 2016 Bruce D. Moltzan, Forest Pathologist, U.S. Forest Service

The old proverb: “You can’t see the forest for the trees” should have continued with a line saying that it’s even harder to see below the trees. Because seeing under trees, their root system to be exact, is how scientists understand and appreciate the things that will determine what we all see in...

Forestry

USDA Graded Cage-Free Eggs: All They're Cracked Up To Be

September 13, 2016 Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator of the AMS Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program

When it comes to purchasing eggs, consumers have interests that go well beyond what they see in the carton. For many buyers, where that egg came from and how it was produced are just as important as the finished product. Organic, locally produced, cage-free, and free range are just a few of the...

Food and Nutrition

Supporting U.S. Egg Exports - All in a Day's Work for a USDA Egg Grader

June 13, 2016 Terri Hummel, AMS Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program

I’ve had many jobs in my life, but none as challenging or rewarding as my career as a shell egg grader. With a cumulative 22 years grading eggs in Ohio, I’ve witnessed first-hand the evolution of an industry. I have also watched my agency – USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) – adapt right...

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Tales from a School Food Service Director: It's all about the Brand

October 16, 2015 Ileana Alamo, Digital Media Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service

This guest blog showcases the success story of a school food service director in an upper-class suburb of Boston. The director discusses some of the creative methods her school meal program uses to boost participation and, thereby, promote health and nutrition in their district. By Gail Koutroubas...

Food and Nutrition