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The Agriculture Secretary discussed USDA and White House efforts to improve school nutrition during a visit at a Washington DC elementary school Friday. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses some of the expectations and potential discussion from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health scheduled for September 28th.

Applications for project funding to expand high speed internet access across rural America are now being accept through November 2nd. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small explains improvements made to USDA's ReConnect program - improvements that apply to the current funding application period going on now through November 2nd.

The latest USDA Household Food Security in the U.S. report also revealed some data regarding food insecurity in our nation. (Rod Bain and Alisha Coleman-Jensen of the Economic Research Service)

On Friday USDA's farmers market in Washington, D.C. had two distinguished customers. (Gary Crawford. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The "People's Garden" initiative is going nationwide. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The USDA's Equity Commission has begun its work. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh.)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, at the opening meeting of USDA's Equity Commission, explaining the overall work of the Commission.

Equity Commission Co-Chairs - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh and Arturo Rodriguez, former President of the United Farmworkers, with brief comments Monday at the first meeting of USDA's Equity Commission.