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The Psychology of Food Waste: An Interview with Brian Roe and Laura Moreno

September 09, 2019 Jimmy Nguyen, Program Analyst, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

What’s the psychology behind food waste and what can we do to change our behavior? This interview features insights from Brian Roe, Professor and Faculty Lead at The Ohio State University’s Food Waste Collaborative and Laura Moreno, who received her Ph.D. studying food waste at the University of...

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From Internship to Public Service Career: A HACU Success Story

August 12, 2019 Elizabeth Yepes, International Trade Specialist at USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and Chair, USDA’s Hispanic American Cultural Effort (HACE)

I never thought I could ever work in the U.S. government. One day, when I was applying for my U.S. citizenship at a local Hispanic nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., I saw a flyer about the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ (HACU) National Internship Program (HNIP). This...

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Drought In The World’s Largest Temperate Rainforest?

July 17, 2019 Aurora Cutler and Erik Johnson, Office of Sustainability and Climate, USDA Forest Service

Extreme drought in a rainforest might seem like an oxymoron, but it isn’t. Since early 2018, the southern portion of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, has experienced moderate to extreme drought. This has wide-ranging consequences on drinking...

Forestry Initiatives

In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Sandra “Sandy” Watts

March 20, 2019 Tomasina Brown, Special Assistant, USDA Office of Communications

USDA is proud to share stories of women in agriculture who are leading the industry and helping other women succeed along the way. In this blog, we feature Sandra “Sandy” Watts, USDA Forest Service Region 3 Deputy Regional Forester in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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USDA Forest Service Law Enforcement Investigators Support Drug Take Back Event

November 09, 2018 Michael Lofton, USDA

Prescription drug and opioid misuse has become a tragic epidemic with tremendous social and economic impacts, affecting communities and families of all sizes and from all socio-economic backgrounds.

Forestry Initiatives Rural

Honoring Our Veterans Across Generations

November 09, 2018 the Veterans of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service

While Veterans Day is an occasion set aside to recognize present and past service, it is nearly impossible to separate memories of lost comrades. We celebrate the living, reflect solemnly on generations now fading, and recall others whose voices are forever silent.

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National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: My Experience Working through Illness to Remission at USDA

September 28, 2018 Deirdre Holder, FPAC, FSA

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Deirdre Holder, FSA regulatory review director, was diagnosed two years ago at stage 3a and is now a survivor in remission. Here, she shares her story.

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#WomenInAg - Achieving my Goals as a Professional and a Mother

August 30, 2018 Sarah Kliethermes, Policy Administration Branch, USDA Risk Management Agency

As a business professional, you set goals often. I have set goals for my career and as a mother. USDA is helping me achieve these goals.

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Our Resilient Communities: My Experience as a Wallace-Carver Fellow

August 01, 2018 Priyanka K. Naithani, USDA

The face of poverty has often been associated with the starving child in the slums of New Delhi, India or streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While this is the reality for many children across the developing world, rural and urban poverty is often overlooked in developed countries, such as the United...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Future Soil Conservationist Unearths Valuable Skills at USDA

July 11, 2018 Sally Gifford, USDA Communications

As an aspiring soil conservationist, Luther Thompson II is eager to dig into future career opportunities. Thompson is a rising senior at Alcorn State University, a historically black land-grant university in Lorman, Mississippi. This is his fourth summer as an intern with the USDA Natural Resources...

Conservation Initiatives