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University of Georgia Research Sheds Light on How Plant Cell Walls May Impact Biofuel Production

March 13, 2012 Jennifer Martin, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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. One of the keys to improving biofuel production is to understand how plants are made and function. Two researchers from...

Research and Science

Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Miplato Celebra la Fortaleza de las Tradiciones Latinas

March 13, 2012 Marissa Duswalt, Centro para Asociaciones Religiosas y Comunitarias del Departamento de Agricultura

¿Cómo está celebrando usted el mes nacional de la nutrición? Una manera fácil de incorporar la nutrición sana en su vida es hacer de MiPlato su plato. Usted puede hacerlo en su propia mesa, y también puede ayudar a otros a hacerlo. Comunidades a través del país están utilizando el plato hace tiempo...

Spanish Initiatives

Salsa, Sabor y Salud: MiPlato Celebrates the Strengths of Latino Traditions

March 13, 2012 Marissa Duswalt, RD, Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

How are you celebrating National Nutrition Month? An easy way to incorporate great nutrition every day is to make MyPlate your plate. You can do that at your own dining table, and you can also help others do so, as well. People across the country have been doing that for a long time by using the...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Farming in the OC. Really.

March 12, 2012 Justin DeJong, Office of Communications

On Friday, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan met with producers in America’s most significant and diverse agricultural state – California. Many people wouldn’t think of farming in Orange County, but there is significant specialty crop production just a few miles away from Disneyland...

Food and Nutrition Farming

El Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición Presentó su Primer Webinar de SNAP en Español

March 12, 2012 Lisa Pino, Deputy Administrator of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

La misión del Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición del USDA (FNS) es proveer asistencia nutricional a todos los niños, familias y personas de bajos recursos que la necesiten para ayudarlos a estabilizarse económicamente. Para poder lograr este objetivo, nosotros trabajamos en conjunto con una red de...

Spanish Food and Nutrition

USDA's Food and Nutrition Service Hosts Its First All-Spanish Webinar on SNAP

March 12, 2012 Lisa Pino, Deputy Administrator of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service’s (FNS) mission is to provide all eligible children, families, and low-income individuals with the nutrition assistance they need to help them get back on their feet. In order to accomplish this goal, we work with a vast network of partners who help us in the fight...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Rural Development Hosts Turkish Delegation in Nebraska

March 12, 2012 Vicki Schurman, USDA Nebraska Public Information Officer

Rural development officials from Hatay Province, Turkey were in the United States recently to learn about USDA Rural Development programs at the national level and in Nebraska. Hatay Governor Mehmet Celalettio Lekesiz, Hatay Rural Development Agency Director Savas Ozgursoy and four agency staff were...

Rural

Monitoring Bald Eagles to Help Prevent Deaths from Collisions with Wind Turbines

March 12, 2012 Robert H. Westover, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

Despite the many benefits which come from clean wind energy, one of the most majestic birds of prey, the eagle, is itself falling prey to the blades of wind-energy facilities. For reasons still not clear to scientists, eagles are vulnerable to collisions with wind turbines, and in some areas such...

Forestry

Earth Team Volunteers, Conservationists Bring Tree Lessons to Mississippi Classrooms

March 12, 2012 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

Trees are important natural resources—this is the lesson that a dedicated group of volunteers shared last week with Mississippi youngsters.

Conservation

Sweet Success: USDA Support Pushes Nebraska Exporter to Greater Heights

March 12, 2012 Karoline Newell, Foreign Agricultural Service Public Affairs Specialist

After more than two decades of exporting U.S. agricultural products, Good Life Foods is thriving internationally with support from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Trade