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Top Box Foods: A Simple and Stress-Free Way to Get Delicious, Nutritious Food in Chicago - Within any Budget

December 07, 2022 Sandra MacMartin, Public Affairs Specialist, Midwest Regional Office with guest author Olivia Rodriguez, Outreach and Communications Manager, Top Box Foods

Top Box Foods is not a grocery store, farmers market, or food bank. Top Box Foods is a community-driven non-profit, founded in Chicago in 2012, that creates access to healthy and affordable food for the communities they serve. Customers place orders online or via phone for nutritious food which is...

Food and Nutrition

Barbeque, Gumbo, Ice Cream and Team USA – America Leads with our Best at the FIFA World Cup

December 01, 2022 Krissy Young, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

There are only a few things in life that can bring together and excite a global community, and food and sports are two of those things!

Trade

ARS Project Supports Indigenous Seed Sovereignty

November 29, 2022 Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is helping ensure that native plants with cultural, historical, medicinal, and edible significance remain available for future generations.

Equity Research and Science

Becoming a Tree Climber: Training in the Trees

November 28, 2022 Merilyn Navarro Sanchez, Communications Intern, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

For the first time ever, expert tree climbers with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Eradication Program trained fellow APHIS employees from another program on how to climb trees with a purpose.

Animals

Keeping Cranberries on the Thanksgiving Menu

November 23, 2022 Posted by Scott Elliott, Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications

For many families, a Thanksgiving meal would not be the same without the sweet, tart goodness of cranberry dishes. A project funded by USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at Oregon State University (OSU) is working to ensure that staple stays on the table.

Research and Science

USDA Helps Promote the Power of Powwow Dancing and Career Possibilities

November 18, 2022 Stephanie Ho, Acting Communications Lead, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

Roland Begaye, 28, believes in family, friends, colleagues, and the power of powwow dancing. As a member of the Navajo Nation, in Arizona, he has had many opportunities to watch and participate as a skilled powwow dancer himself.

Equity Initiatives

Turkey Day Myths

November 15, 2022 Kenneth King, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS-USDA

Quit food safety confusion cold turkey this Thanksgiving! While this holiday is a great time to spend with family and friends, it’s also time to bust some myths.

Health and Safety

Tribal Food Sovereignty a Focus of NAFDPIR Conference

November 14, 2022 Keri Bradford-Gomez (Choctaw), Senior Technical Advisor, Food and Nutrition Service

When you recognize the food on your plate, you recall memories of sharing meals with loved ones.

Equity Food and Nutrition Initiatives Nutrition Security

Thank a Farmer this Harvest Season

November 09, 2022 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Staff

As we wrap up the harvest season and slide into the holiday season, let's take a moment to thank farmers for our favorite holiday commodities. We also thank farmers for completing their Census of Agriculture and other USDA-NASS surveys that provide data about U.S. agriculture.

Research and Science

USDA Science Adapts to Communities’ Climate Needs

November 09, 2022 Gretchen Kroh, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Office of the Chief Scientist

Unprecedented floods in Kentucky and Yellowstone, a megadrought in the Southwest, historic wildfires in Alaska—these are some of the many consequences climate change has already wrought onto diverse American communities in 2022, alone. These increasingly common extreme weather events...

Research and Science