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MOGO: A Wisconsin County on the Move!

February 08, 2012 Marissa Duswalt, RD, Truman Albright Fellow, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Community members and organizations of Monroe County in Wisconsin have teamed up to create Monroe On the GO (MOGO). MOGO is a coalition dedicated to increasing access to healthy, affordable foods, one of the pillars of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative. As a Let’s Move Faith and...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

US Forest Service Partners with World-Renowned Missoula Children’s Theatre for Performance in Maryland

February 01, 2012 Deidra L. McGee, Forest Service Office of Communication

The Forest Service and Missoula Children’s Theatre partnered once again for a special performance of the play The Secret Garden recently at Harmony Hall Regional Center in Fort Washington, Md. “The Missoula Children’s Theatre and Forest Service partnership is a natural fit because so many of our...

Initiatives Forestry

Working With Our Partners for a Healthier Future

January 27, 2012 Sam Kass, Assistant White House Chef

Wednesday was a monumental day for kids, families, educators, administrators, food service workers and the advocates who have led the charge and worked hand in hand to deliver healthier, more nutritious food to our nation’s school children. For the first time in over a decade the federal government...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Small Business Owners Urged to Attend DC Event to Learn How to do Business with USDA

January 26, 2012 Russell Avalos, Program Analyst, USDA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

USDA’s continued commitment to broadening small business access to contract opportunities stimulates small business ownership and economic growth, creates jobs, and results in improving the quality of life across America. USDA currently awards over 52 percent of all contract dollars to small...

USDA Results Initiatives Rural

Keeping it Clear: Writing at USDA

January 17, 2012 Jerold R. Mande, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

The White House has called upon all federal agencies to “keep it simple” when it comes to writing. Here at USDA, we are committed to communicating clearly so that we can provide you with the most useful information possible. As Secretary Tom Vilsack has said, “Using plain writing is indispensable to...

Initiatives

USDA Employees Commemorate Dr. King’s Legacy of Service

January 16, 2012 Roxana Barillas, Deputy Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

“Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace; I was a drum major for righteousness . . .We all have the drum major instinct.” Excerpt from The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Drum Major Instinct" sermon...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

People’s Garden Helps to Strengthen a Community in Costa Rica

January 09, 2012 Kelly Stange, Agricultural Attaché, FAS Office in Costa Rica

The Foreign Agricultural Service office in San Jose broke ground on its own People’s Garden in Fall 2009. Ever since that day our embassy employees and their families, as well as members of the local community, have learned about the benefits of eating fresh, healthy foods.

Trade Initiatives

"We Can't Wait" to Intern

January 05, 2012 Rachael Dubinsky, USDA Office of Communications Intern

Those who know me well know that I am an overzealous networker. I began my USDA experience in summer 2010 as a legislative and public affairs intern in the Rural Development mission area of USDA. While there, I was able to write press releases and blogs that were featured on the USDA website, attend...

Initiatives

Teaming Up to Support Rural Community Colleges

January 04, 2012 John White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach, U.S. Department of Education

Cross posted from the Department of Education blog: It’s no secret that community colleges are leading the way to achieving the President’s goal for the United States to once again have the highest college attainment rate in the world by 2020. Community colleges are hubs for career-training, re...

Initiatives Rural Technology

Farm Service Agency Celebrates Producers in South Carolina and Offers Assistance

January 04, 2012 J. Latrice Hill, FSA Outreach Program Lead

Rows of bright green grape vines provided an appropriate backdrop for the recent USDA Field Day held at Williams Muscadine Farm in Nesmith, S.C. Bill Trado, County Executive Director (CED) of the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Williamsburg County office, led the event, which gathered more than 100...

USDA Results Initiatives

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