USDA Blog

By Phil Sammon, Forest Service Hindsight always proves to be most clear the farther you get from an event. The myths and legends of the event and the anecdotal side stories fade with time when held against the truths of the event or situation. Similarly, the projections and visions of the future...

By Liz Sawyer, reporter, Waterford Kettering High School newspaper

I am very pleased to launch our latest effort to encourage more widespread use and understanding of the life-saving field of telemedicine through our Power of Telemedicine web discussion. Telemedicine has grown steadily over the past decade. The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has participated...

By Audrey Rowe, FNS Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs I’ve had a chance to see a great deal of impressive schools during my tour of the country to speak about Child Nutrition Reauthorization. My recent visit to Waterford Village Elementary was no exception. Witnessing their...

This week marks World Trade Week within the U.S. government. Even though every week is world trade week at the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), this formal recognition gives the agency the opportunity to emphasize the importance of international trade and how FAS programs directly impact the...

By Phil Sammon Birds do it. Bees do it. Even bats and small mammals do it. So it’s only natural that the Conservation Education Department of the USDA Forest Service worked with other conservation education partners to do it – pollinate!

By Michael Jones, USDA Public Affairs Director, Ohio Tammye Trevino, USDA Rural Development Administrator for Housing and Community Facilities, visited Columbus, Ohio recently to participate in the sixth of 10 scheduled Self-Help Housing Forums being held around the country. Joining her on the panel...

By Angie Harless, USDA Executive Master Gardener

By Darlene Barnes, Mountain Plain Regional Administrator, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 12, 2010

Darlene Barnes, Mountain Plains Regional Administrator, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service