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Bright weekend anticipated for Fall Colors

October 15, 2010 Phil Sammon, US Forest Service Public Affairs

From New England through the south and across the upper Midwest to the Rockies and Pacific Northwest, many people anticipate that this weekend will be a showcase for a vast array of brilliant fall colors.

Forestry

Farmers Markets: An Investment in Fresh Food

October 14, 2010 Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog. An integral part of the Let’s Move! initiative is gaining a critical boost when it comes to solving the challenge of childhood obesity and improving the health and nutrition of all Americans. Today, USDA is proud to announce new investments that will help...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Students, Shoppers Surprised That Food Safety Can Be “Fun”

October 14, 2010 Mary Harris, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety & Inspection Service

In response to teacher Devitta Baker’s online request, the USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone traveled to Gwynn Park Middle School in Brandywine, Maryland this past Tuesday. From 8:30 a.m. until noon, the Discovery Zone staff taught 132 students and 16 teachers and parents how to Clean, Separate, Cook...

Health and Safety

A Fresh Idea!

October 14, 2010 Caitlin Guzman Hartman, Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary

In a nation founded on the values of hard work and entrepreneurship, we often look to industry leaders for the next game-changing idea. So it’s no surprise that I was excited to hear what the members of one of the fresh fruit and vegetable industry’s leading trade associations, United Fresh Produce...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Deputy Secretary Merrigan Addresses Kansas City Business Council, Meets Stakeholders, Concerning Sustainability and Food Systems

October 14, 2010 Patty Clark, State Director, USDA Rural Development

The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City recently hosted an “Agricultural Sustainability Forum” at the legendary American Royal facilities in the historic Kansas City Stockyards district. Among the featured speakers was USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan.

Food and Nutrition

USDA Consults with Latino Faith Leaders on Ways to Address Hunger

October 14, 2010 Max Finberg, Director, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

In early October, USDA’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships was honored to host a dozen Latino faith leaders to our “Tuve Hambre y Me Diste de Comer” (“For I was Hungry and You Fed Me”) consultation on improving Latino outreach. USDA studies show that 1 out of 4 Hispanic households...

Food and Nutrition

NASS to create a new National Operations Center

October 14, 2010 Cynthia Clark, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service

For the past several years USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has worked on transforming our agency by raising the already high level of service even higher. Today we took the next step in this transformation by creating the new National Operations Center in the Overland, Mo...

Research and Science

Give: Every Day, Every Way. USDA Kicks Off the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign

October 13, 2010 Ed Avalos, USDA, Under Secretary of Marketing and Regulatory Programs/USDA, CFC Vice Chair

Yesterday marked the official launch of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) at USDA for the Washington, D.C. metro area. This year, USDA has set a goal of raising just under $2 million from our employees in the national capital area. We have chosen the theme Give: Every Day, Every Way, as it...

USDA Results

Members of Maine's Native American Tribes Share Views with USDA Deputy Administrator on Substantially Underserved Trust Areas

October 13, 2010 Emily Cannon, USDA Maine Public Information Officer

Maine USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel welcomed the Deputy Administrator for Rural Utilities (RUS) Jessica Zufolo to Maine this week for an important tribal consultation meeting with leaders of Maine’s Native American tribes.

Rural

Deputy Secretary Presents HealthierUS School Challenge Gold of Distinction Award to the Academy of Global Citizenship

October 13, 2010 Kimberly Phillips, Food and Nutrition Service Midwest Region Public Affairs Specialist

An organic breakfast featuring vanilla spiced whole oats, scrambled vegetable tofu, organic milk and local pears, followed by morning yoga in the classroom, a student-led garden tour and a visit to the chicken coop… what a wonderful way to spend a Tuesday morning! That day, I had the pleasure of...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

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