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Let's Get Visual - a Peek Behind the Scenes of Our Infographics

November 07, 2013 Craig Morris, Deputy Administrator, AMS Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program

Buying and selling, supply and demand, wholesale and retail—the market and all of the economic factors surrounding it are complex things to track and understand. From the smallest farmer to the largest grocery store chain in the nation, all of American agriculture depends on the trends and prices...

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Agricultural Coexistence: Fostering Collaboration and Communication

November 06, 2013 Andre Bell, APHIS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a notice in the Federal Register asking the public to comment on how agricultural coexistence in the United States can be strengthened. Comments are due by January 3, 2014. U.S. farmers in the 21 st Century engage in many forms of agriculture...

Conservation

MyPlate Meals from the Garden

November 06, 2013 Jackie Haven, Acting Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Looking for ways to brighten your meals? Stock up on goods from your local Farmers’ Market! Or try out your green thumb by growing your own food. Gardening and agriculture go hand in hand with MyPlate. When planning a garden, start by thinking about foods that adapt well to the cool, fall season...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Forest Service Waives Fees in Celebration of Veterans Day Weekend

November 06, 2013 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

The U.S. Forest Service will offer a fee-free weekend for all visitors Nov. 9-11 in celebration of Veterans Day, the fourth time this year the agency has participated in the fee-free program. The Forest Service, which does not charge users to enter national forests or grasslands, offers the...

Forestry Initiatives

Breeding a Tastier Tomato

November 05, 2013 Sandy Miller Hays, USDA Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

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 USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. If you want to stir consumers’ passions about produce, just mention tomatoes. There’s no shortage of outrage about those...

Research and Science

Making Moves in Maryland

November 05, 2013 Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Last week, I met up with Washington Redskins linebacker Darryl Tapp to help kick off Fuel Up to Play 60’s new Make Your Move effort and see how kids at Kenilworth Elementary School in Bowie, Maryland are eating healthier and getting active at school and at home. Fuel up to Play 60 is a partnership...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

USDA Partners with FoodCorps to Grow Healthy Eaters

November 05, 2013 Deborah Kane, National Director, USDA Farm to School Program

They are t-shirted and tilling up soil in schools across the country. And this year, thanks to a new partnership, FoodCorps service members have USDA at their side. FoodCorps is a national service organization that places emerging leaders in schools across the country to teach kids about what...

Food and Nutrition

High Tunnel Gives Kentucky Farmers Advantage with Berries and Other Produce

November 05, 2013 Christy Morgan, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Kentucky

Similar to the old adage, when Chris Adams married the wife, he married the family – and the family farm. Lucky for him, he loves farming and enjoys working with his in-laws to manage the 4,000-acre farm of soybeans, wheat and corn. Now it’s his full-time job, working with his brother-in-law to...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Partnering for the Success of the Agriculture Industry

November 04, 2013 Anne L. Alonzo, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

As the saying goes, “Two heads are better than one.” This certainly holds true when it comes to the critical partnership between public and private sectors. Several times a year the Commodity Roundtable brings together leaders from many of USDA’s national research and promotion programs and...

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U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, a Gift from the People, Headed Toward Washington, D.C.

November 04, 2013 Franklin Pemberton, Colville National Forest, and Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

More than 300 people gathered on in 25-degree weather to witness the harvesting of the 88-foot 2013 Capitol Christmas Tree from the Colville National Forest, the first step in its 5,000 mile journey from Washington State to the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. More than a dozen spotters and...

Forestry