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PollinatorLIVE Multi-Agency Conservation Education Program Reaching Students at All Levels

April 19, 2011 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Fourth-grade teacher Theresa Artman sat her students in front of a large monitor in her Austin, Texas, classroom. But they weren’t alone. The Joslin Elementary School students were just some of the thousands of children across the country who watched the April 13 webcast of PollinatorLIVE from the...

Initiatives Forestry

From the Heartland to Foreign Lands

October 05, 2010 Katie Gorscak, Foreign Agricultural Service

In September, I was one of 28 Junior Professionals and two advisors from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) who traveled to the Midwest for an annual agricultural training trip. This training opportunity exposed members of FAS’s Junior Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC) to a broad range...

Trade

Seeing ARRA’s Investment take Hold

September 14, 2010 Dr. Janey Thornton, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

I recently traveled to the Texas State capitol of Austin for a speaking engagement in the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) “3E’s of Healthy Living 2010 FND Staff Conference.” Prior to the event I was given the opportunity to tour Decker Elementary, a recipient of American Recovery and...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition
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