Tom Vilsack

By Sammi Citron, News Services Information Assistant

Cross posted from the White House Blog by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack ---------------------------

By Secretary Tom Vilsack On Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, Americans across the country will be taking time out of their busy lives to help improve the environment, and USDA is joining the effort. From the mall in Washington DC, to the sands of New Mexico and plains of North Dakota, USDA employees...

By Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Today I joined U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and retired admirals and generals from the non-profit group, Mission: Readiness, to release the results of a study on obesity among young adults. The report delivered some disturbing news - more than 9 million...

As America marks the 40 th anniversary of the first Earth Day, it’s good to reflect on the real, positive affect USDA’s water program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) is having on rural Alaska. Our Department, working with other Federal departments and the State...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other USDA officials

By Phil Sammon, Forest Service, Public Affairs Specialist Today, President Barack Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, hosted the White House Conference on America’s Great...

A group of 17 men and women that represent the dairy industry met at USDA headquarters on Tuesday for the first time to find a solution to the volatile pricing of milk and milk products that has decreased industry profits and caused many operations to close. “We need a relatively quick response from...

Cross-posted from the www.letsmove.gov blogBy Julie Paradis, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator This week I got a chance to travel to South Carolina and to talk to child nutrition staff from South Carolina as well as surrounding States like Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina about...

“Where’s the beef?” And the pork, and chicken? At RMH Foods in Morton, Illinois…thanks to a USDA Rural Development guaranteed loan!