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Submitted by Kathy Beisner, Delaware USDA Rural Development Public Information Coordinator

By Liz Sawyer, reporter, Waterford Kettering High School newspaper

By Angie Harless, USDA Executive Master Gardener

By Ana Maria Silva, USDA Marketing Intern Florida International University’s Organic Garden gained recognition from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of the People’s Garden Initiative. FIU is a student-centered urban public research university that is locally and globally engaged.

Like many of you, I spend a lot of time on my Blackberry and computer both at work and home. I use this access for business, for play, and a host of other applications that I can’t imagine living without.

By Suzanne Pender, NRCS On a tour of Gully Branch Tree Farm, in Bleckley, Georgia, NRCS leaders and partners witnessed first-hand the benefits of the new Forestry Incentives Initiative of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Through conservation activities including woodland...

Friday, a beautiful spring day in Pennsylvania, it was my pleasure to welcome Secretary Vilsack and his wife Christy to Pennsylvania for a tour and rural discussion. We started the day at Middletown Biofuels for a facility tour along with Congressman Tim Holden and other local and state officials...

Blog by Dr. Lynn Harvey, Ed.D., RD, LDN, FADA Section Chief, Child Nutrition Services, Division of School Support, NC Department of Public Instruction

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.

Audrey Rowe, Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs School Tours, Las Vegas, Nevada April 26 and 28, 2010 I had the wonderful opportunity to visit two schools in Las Vegas, Nevada to discuss the upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Programs. As Deputy Administrator for the...