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International Day of Forests 2016

March 21, 2016 Michael Rizo and Aysha Ghadiali, U.S. Forest Service

March 21, 2016 marks the United Nations’ fourth annual International Day of Forests, a day to celebrate the important and diverse contributions of the world’s forests. As it has from the start, the U.S. Forest Service commemorates the day and works with international partners throughout the year to...

Forestry Trade

Second-Generation Builds on a Father's Legacy of Sustainability at Colvine Bison

March 21, 2016 Dastina Wallace, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Bison farmer Bobbi Lester cares for the land with just as much passion and love as her father. As a little girl growing up on the ranch in southern Delaware, she remembers learning the ropes of bison farming, often traveling with him to regional and national bison conferences. When Bobbi Lester’s...

Conservation

New State of the Art Food Bank Opens in West Texas

March 21, 2016 Rodney Ellison, Food and Nutrition Service Southwest Regional Office, Public Affairs Specialist

March is National Nutrition Month. Throughout the month, USDA will be highlighting results of our efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation. West Texans fighting food insecurity have a new resource to combat hunger. The West...

Food and Nutrition

Pledge to Take the MyPlate, MyWins Challenge this March

March 18, 2016 Sarah Chang, MPH, RD, CNPP

March is National Nutrition Month. Throughout the month, USDA will be highlighting results of our efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation. March is National Nutrition Month, and it’s a great time to focus on building healthy...

Food and Nutrition

ADAPTA - New Climate Adaptation Video Series for Tropical Farmers

March 17, 2016 William A. Gould, Caribbean Hub Director

We are living in historic moments in the world’s response to climate change. Last December in Paris, delegates from 196 countries signed an agreement to work towards curtailing greenhouse gas emissions and to keep global warming to “well below” 2 °C degrees. This is a big step, but there is still...

Organic Sound and Sensible Initiative: Spanish Resources

March 17, 2016 Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program

The Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) works every day to ensure that products with the USDA organic seal meet consistent, uniform standards. In addition to its rigorous certification process and oversight to protect the integrity of the organic seal, the program...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Iniciativa Orgánica Sound and Sensible: Recursos en Español

March 17, 2016 Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program

El Programa Nacional Orgánico (NOP, por sus siglas en inglés) del Servicio de Comercialización Agrícola (AMS, por sus siglas en inglés) trabaja todos los días para asegurar que los productos con el sello USDA Organic cumplan con estándares consistentes y uniformes. Además de su riguroso proceso de...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Celebrating International Day of Forests with a Splash

March 17, 2016 William Harold Shoutis, U.S. Forest Service

In a changing climate, it takes elaborate and energetic collaboration to preserve forests around the world, and there is no better celebration of trees than water conservation. The United Nation’s International Day of Forests, this March 21, is a time for heightening awareness of these partnerships...

Forestry

A River Runs Through It - An Oregon National Forest at the Heart of a Movement

March 16, 2016 Kate Meyer and Jane Knowlton, U.S. Forest Service

Oregon’s McKenzie River has a lot to boast about. One of the cleanest and coldest rivers in the country, it’s the most important tributary for wild spring Chinook salmon and Bull trout production in the entire Willamette River Basin. It’s part of more than 100 miles of streams that the Willamette...

Forestry

The Healthy Eating Index: How Is America Doing?

March 16, 2016 TusaRebecca E. Schap, PhD, MPH, RD, Lead Nutritionist, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

March is National Nutrition Month. Throughout the month, USDA will be highlighting results of our efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation. About half of all American adults—117 million individuals—have one or more preventable...

Food and Nutrition