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Respect the Grill Flames

July 03, 2014 James Croxon, Food Safety and Inspection Service

With Independence Day just around the corner, families across the nation are making preparations to honor the day as the grill chef, king of Castle Suburbia, lord of the living room, master of the flames, marches forth. With a meaty feast to honor the day, the Fourth of July has become almost as...

Health and Safety

Fighting to Preserve and Conserve Virginia's Historic Battlefields

July 03, 2014 Barbara Bowen, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Virginia

Three out of every five Civil War battles were fought in Virginia, so it should come as no surprise that some of the work of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is taking place on hallowed ground. In Winchester, Va., the agency is partnering with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields...

Conservation

Homeownership and Independence Day Go Together Like Baseball and Apple Pie

July 02, 2014 Tony Hernandez, Administrator for Rural Housing Programs

This year, Independence Day will be even more meaningful for tens of thousands of families across the nation. With financing assistance from USDA, they will be able to gather their loved ones in their own homes and back yards to celebrate the holiday as homeowners. As the Administrator for USDA’s...

Rural

USDA Conservation Funding Helps Provide Protection for Great Lakes

July 02, 2014 Chris Coulon, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ohio

I have the Great Lakes in my blood. Born and raised on the shores of Lake Huron, my sisters and I spent countless summer days playing in the water and running along the beaches of soft singing sand. The Au Sable River, a clear blue ribbon trout stream, empties into Lake Huron in Oscoda, Mich., my...

Conservation

A Week to Remember Fallen Wildland Firefighters

July 02, 2014 Robert Westover, Office of Communications, U.S. Forest Service

This week the nation stops to remember historic losses in the wildland firefighter community as we pay homage to the 14 lives lost in the 1994 South Canyon Fire in Colorado, the 19 lives lost in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona last year and the others who have lost their lives serving the public...

Forestry

Education Support Professionals - Partners in School Nutrition

July 02, 2014 Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

The USDA school meals programs serve well over 30 million students per day, nationwide. We rely on our partners in the education realm to help us ensure that these programs—not only programs of great magnitude, but also of great public health importance—are implemented appropriately so that children...

Food and Nutrition

Partnering with Retailers and Food Manufacturers to Make Healthy Choices Easier

July 01, 2014 Danielle Berman, PhD, Social Science Research Analyst, Food and Nutrition Service

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. Achieving a good diet requires access to nutritious food, but it also requires good choices from among the many...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science

Representing the Faces of Agriculture through Research and Promotion Board Diversity

July 01, 2014 Anne L. Alonzo, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

U.S. agriculture is increasingly diverse, with farmers, ranchers, processors, distributors, vendors, and more from various backgrounds. Just like their products, the operations and the men and women that run them are diverse – in gender, race, age, size, and production practices. At USDA, we are...

Conservation

What Kept Food Security from Improving After the Recession?

July 01, 2014 Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Food Assistance Branch, Economic Research Service

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. USDA’s annual survey on food security among American households showed, not unexpectedly, that the prevalence of food...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science

Letters to Smokey Bear Reveal Promise of Hope for the Future

July 01, 2014 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Smokey Bear, the iconic symbol of wildfire prevention for 70 years, is for many people a comforting symbol of a promise that everything will be okay. As long as we all work together, as one of Smokey’s young pen pals wrote recently. “Dear Smokey: I would like to be a Junior Forest Ranger and help...

Forestry