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USDA Community Roundtables on Nutrition Assistance Launched in South Texas

March 24, 2010 acampbell

On March 19, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Deputy Administrator Lisa Pino traveled to Texas to meet with local leaders and members of the Rio Grande Valley community to talk about how to solve hunger issues in the area. FNS Regional Administrator Bill Ludwig and USDA Director of Faith...

Food and Nutrition

At Food Safety Conference, Safe School Lunches Named a Top Priority

March 24, 2010 acampbell

USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Janey Thornton spoke to conference attendees at the Food Safety Education Conference in Atlanta. She described the Department’s mission to serve safe and nutritious school meals and snacks to the more than 11 million children who...

Health and Safety

Rural Development Continues its Long History of Support for Alaska by Funding a Recovery Act Water Project

March 23, 2010

Most Americans reading this blog have probably heard of Talkeetna, Alaska. Not only is it the primary air access point for climbers planning to scale Mount McKinley (Denali) but it is also a tourist stop on the Alaska Railroad, especially in the summer. Talkeetna is unincorporated, but hundreds of...

Initiatives Rural

RD Administrator Meets with Librarians to Promote USDA’s Library Initiative

March 29, 2010

Tammye Treviño, USDA Rural Development Housing and Community Facilities Administrator sponsored Librarian Forum at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, earlier this month.

Rural

A Big Day for Big Rapids (and Walkerville and Hesperia) Michigan

March 29, 2010

Last Wednesday the weather was about as good as anyone has reason to expect for March in Michigan, which was a good thing as we had a lot of ground to cover and a lot of new projects to celebrate.

Initiatives Rural

Using Emerging Media at USDA to Improve Food Safety

March 26, 2010

Using social media and other new digital technologies to reach the public with critical food safety messages is a key mandate of the year-old President’s Food Safety Working Group. As demonstrated at a panel at USDA’s Food Safety Education Conference in Atlanta, the government is responding...

Health and Safety

Deputy Secretary Merrigan Joins Rep. Holt and NJ Farmers on Capitol Hill

March 25, 2010 Chad Maisel, Staff Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary

Today Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan joined New Jersey Congressman Rush Holt and dozens of farmers from across central New Jersey as part of the Congressman’s Agriculture and Nutrition Policy Day. The Deputy Secretary spoke to a diverse group of farmers about USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your...

Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives

USDA Science Tuesday – Banking on Seeds

March 30, 2010

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio.

Research and Science

Recognizing the Work of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq

March 29, 2010 acampbell

In Washington, DC today, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Deputy Under Secretary Darci Vetter accepted an American flag that flew above the U. S. Regional Embassy Office at Al Hillah, Iraq in recognition of USDA employees’ contributions on Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq.

Food and Nutrition Trade

USDA Forest Service Honored First African-American Smokejumpers

March 30, 2010

The last three living original members of the nation’s first African-American smokejumpers crew have been honored at USDA Forest Service Headquarters. The “Triple Nickles” were from the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion and were trained by the Forest Service to put out forest fires in the Northwest...

Forestry

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