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Accelerating Economic Mobility Through Promise Zone Partnerships

April 29, 2015 USDA Office of Communications

In 2014, President Obama identified the first five communities to be part of the Promise Zone initiative -- a new placed-based effort to leverage investments, increase economic activity, improve educational opportunities and improve the quality of life in some of our country’s most challenged...

Conservation

iCook Makes Healthy Living Fun for Kids

April 02, 2015 Kelly Flynn, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years, leading to increased risks for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and breathing problems. Researchers from the University of Maine have developed the 4-H iCook project to tackle this issue in the...

Food and Nutrition

A Student's View: Alliance for a Healthier Generation Youth Ambassador Speaks Up for Youth in Washington, D.C.

March 12, 2015 Brooke Hardison, USDA Office of Communications

The following guest blog is from a high school student from Yankton, South Dakota that was invited to discuss the implementation of USDA’s Smart Snacks in Schools rule at a meeting hosted by the Pew Charitable trusts last fall. The blog is part of our Cafeteria Stories series, highlighting healthy...

Food and Nutrition

Digging Those Dinosaurs on National Forests, Grasslands

January 07, 2015 Robert Westover, U.S. Forest Service, Office of Communication

When most folks think about our grand and beautiful national forests they probably don’t conjure up images of a fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex munching on his morning prey or a gentle Brachiosaurus chewing enough leaves to nearly fell a small forest just to fill her vegetarian stomach. But millions of...

Forestry

Secretary's Column: USDA Partners with Native Americans

December 05, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Shortly after taking office, I joined other Cabinet officials on a visit to rural Southwest Alaska. We met with Alaska Native leaders and heard firsthand the difficulties facing Native Americans living in small communities in remote, rural areas. Since that time, this administration has worked each...

Initiatives Technology

Always Home Grown or Homemade In South Dakota

November 05, 2014 Elsie Meeks, South Dakota State Director, USDA Rural Development

Here in South Dakota, we're proud of the agricultural products we produce, and local farmer's markets are a great venue to get these products directly in the hands of consumers. One market I wanted to single out is the Country Farmer's Market held in our capital of Pierre, South Dakota. Terry...

Food and Nutrition Farming Rural

Scientific Climate Info Now Available for Producers in the Northern Plains

October 29, 2014 Justin Derner, Northern Plains Regional Climate Hubs Lead

This fall, ranchers, farmers, and land managers in the Northern Plains from Bartlett, Nebraska to the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming will be making decisions that will affect their operations in the coming year. Land managers often consider markets, weather and changing climatic conditions...

Conservation

Empowering Students to Make the Healthy Choice the Right Choice

October 14, 2014 Brooke Hardison, USDA Office of Communications

The following guest blog is part of our Cafeteria Stories series, highlighting the efforts of hard working school nutrition professionals who are dedicated to making the healthy choice the easy choice at schools across the country. We thank them for sharing their stories! By Victoria Wittrock, Food...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Rural Manufacturer "Legend" Rides into the Sturgis Motorcycle Hall of Fame with USDA Backing

October 09, 2014 Elsie Meeks, South Dakota State Director, USDA Rural Development

The 74 th Annual Sturgis Bike Rally roared through South Dakota the first part of August with a week of activities and events. One noteworthy event was Jesse Jurrens, owner of Legend Suspensions, being inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame at the 14 th Annual Hall of Fame...

Rural

Farmers go Digital to Confront Changing Growing Conditions

October 07, 2014 Carlos J. Harris, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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 USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. American farmers have a long history of overcoming obstacles. In 1938, they helped the country emerge from the Dust Bowl by...

Research and Science
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