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Expanded Tracking Provides Market Insight for Produce Industry

February 15, 2012 Terry Long, Director Market News Division, AMS Fruit and Vegetable Program

Over 13 billion pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables cross the U.S.-Mexican border each year. Having accurate tracking of the food being imported across our southern border is important for a variety of reasons—including the ability to accurately assess the market price of incoming goods and the...

Trade

Borlaug Fellows from 21 Countries Gather in Des Moines

October 24, 2011 Linda Habenstreit, Public Affairs Specialist, Foreign Agricultural Service

Last week, 40 Borlaug Fellows from 21 countries as far away as Azerbaijan and Zambia were in Des Moines, Iowa, to attend the Borlaug International Symposium and World Food Prize ceremony. Accompanying them were 16 mentors—professors, scientists, and researchers—from U.S. land-grant universities and...

Trade

Rural Business Booms in York, PA

July 20, 2011 Alan Shortall, CEO of Unilife Corporation

Alan Shortall recently hosted Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and a White House Business Council roundtable at his company’s headquarters in York, Penn. Alan’s company, Unilife, was the recipient of a USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan. His story is proof that public and business sectors...

USDA Results

Hunger-Free Communities Grantee Succeeds With Community-Run Marketplace

July 01, 2011 Kelly Stewart, Program Analyst, Food and Nutrition Service Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach

In February, 2011, Centro del Obrero Fronterizo was awarded one of 14 FY 2010 Hunger-Free Communities Grants. Grantee projects started on March 15, 2011, and even after only two short months our grantees are noting encouraging results. Centro del Obrero Fronterizo provided this background and update...

Food and Nutrition

A Colorful Celebration of Confetti Soup

May 26, 2011 Debbie Smoot, Southeast Regional Public Affairs Director, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: Historical Charleston, S.C., blends the traditional Southern American, English, French, and West African elements into a celebration of its colorful and rich culture. Burke Middle & High School in Charleston celebrated this mix of colorful culture with its...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

Food Safety Professionals Teach 8th Graders about Preventing Foodborne Illness

March 14, 2011 Linda A. Kendrick, Springdale District Case Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service

I’ve worked for the Food Safety and Inspection Service for 21 years, and for the past six years, I’ve had the opportunity to help reduce foodborne illness in a unique way outside of my usual job description—by talking to local 8 th grade science students about how to “ Fight Bac!” My husband...

Health and Safety

Feds Fighting Hunger!

January 26, 2011 Edward Mekeel, USDA FNS Public Affairs Specialist

As an employee of the Food & Nutrition Service, I see firsthand the war that is waged on hunger every single day. The number of families across the country that are food insecure is cause for concern, but we are working daily to reduce those numbers. And it’s working. Starting with generous...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Rural Development State Director Tours Southwestern North Dakota to Connect with Community Leaders

December 02, 2010 Jane Grant, North Dakota USDA Public Information Specialist, and Josh Kramer, USDA Community Program Specialist

USDA Rural Development State Director Jasper Schneider, and staff, recently toured seven rural communities in southwestern North Dakota as part of USDA’s ongoing commitment to rural communities. Schneider participated in conversations with community leaders to identify ways Rural Development...

Rural

Connecting Children to Food and Farming: Agriculture in the Classroom

November 15, 2010 Al Withers, Program Director, Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom and Ray A. Ali, Ed.D., National Program Leader, Agriculture in the Classroom, NIFA

As the population of the United States has transitioned from a predominantly agrarian society to an increasingly more urban one, our youth have become detached from a fundamental understanding of agriculture. Nonetheless, we benefit from the innovations and efficiencies of our food supply on a daily...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition Farming

Smokey Bear’s 75th Birthday to be Celebrated in Parades and Parties all over the U.S.

February 01, 2019 Robert Hudson Westover, Office of Communication, USDA Forest Service

There are icons and then there is Smokey Bear. Iconic mascots and images come and go but Smokey and his one clear message “Only you can prevent wildfires” has stood the test of time—75 years to be exact.

Forestry