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Working Together to Prevent Summer Hunger

April 16, 2013 Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary, Food Nutrition and Consumer Services

Making sure children have nutritious meals and keep their bodies moving all year long is one of USDA’s most important missions. Our Summer Food Service Program plays an important role in ensuring that all children get healthy meals during the summertime. We’re proud to say that in 2012, our partners...

Food and Nutrition

Using 21st Century Technology to Solve Age-Old Problems

April 15, 2013 Dr. Catherine Woteki USDA Chief Scientist

For years, we believed that food was the most powerful commodity to combating food insecurity in the developing world. But with a more intricate challenge than ever before, particularly in the developing world, data and information about food insecurity and agricultural research are proving to be...

Research and Science

Forest Service Chief Tidwell Tours New York City’s Urban Forests

April 15, 2013 Leo Kay, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

When most people think of urban forestry in New York, they usually evoke Central Park, Frederick Olmstead's crown jewel that covers 843 acres in the middle of bustling Manhattan.

Forestry

Age is Just a Number for 100-Year-old Farmer

April 12, 2013 Cassie Bable, Texas Public Affairs Specialist – USDA Farm Service Agency

Ms. Annie Faye Woodson has been directly involved in farming and ranching in Texas for the last 76 years. At 100 years-old she stays up-to-date on Farm Service Agency (FSA) program news and still makes trips to the Fannin County FSA office to sign up for farm programs and to certify acres. It is no...

Conservation Rural

Secretary's Column: The President’s 2014 Budget Proposal

April 12, 2013 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

This week, President Obama released his budget proposal for the Federal government, including USDA, for Fiscal Year 2014. Today, the Federal budget is more important than ever. The American people expect and deserve a government that operates efficiently and effectively. We must carry out our...

USDA Results

Meet Mark Underberg, Meat and Poultry Import Inspector

April 12, 2013 Lilia McFarland, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service

Integrity. It is a word to live by. And Mark Underberg, an import inspector with the Import Inspection Division in the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) Office of International Affairs, takes it seriously. “Your decisions have to be fair and consistent,” he says. “And once you have a solid...

Health and Safety

Interested in Feeding Kids this Summer When School is Out? Join Our Twitter Chat Using #SummerMeals!

April 11, 2013 Jimmy Nguyen, Program Analyst, FNS Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach

Want to help feed kids when school gets out? The USDA is hosting a "Help Serve #SummerMeals This Year" Twitter Town Hall this Friday, April 12, 2013 at 3:00 pm EST to inform and inspire organizations across the country to become a summer meal site when school lets out this year. The Twitter Town...

Food and Nutrition

New Reports Provide Greater Market Transparency

April 11, 2013 Ed Avalos, Under Secretary of USDA Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Earlier this year, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published the first Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Wholesale Pork reports. This was the culmination of a process that started when Congress passed the Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010, which added wholesale pork cuts to the...

Trade

US Forest Service Honors Outstanding Achievements in Conservation

April 11, 2013 Karin Theophile, International Programs, U.S. Forest Service

An educational program about bats, an effort to increase Dusky Canada goose breeding and an annual bird migration celebration are among the winners of the 2013 Wings Across the Americas Conservation Awards. The U.S. Forest Service awards were presented recently during the North American Wildlife and...

Forestry

Innovative Partnership to Protect Colorado Springs Water Supply

April 10, 2013 Mike Stearly, Rocky Mountain Region, U.S. Forest Service

The U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Springs (Colo.) Utilities recently announced a new 5-year partnership to help restore the areas burned by the devastating Waldo Canyon Fire that tore through part of the west side of the city in 2012. Through the partnership, Colorado Springs Utilities will...

Forestry