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USDA to Co-Host Pacific Northwest Wood-to-Biofuel Conference

March 31, 2014 Eini Lowell, Research Forest Product Technologist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

In conjunction with Washington State University Extension, USDA is co-hosting the Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels/Co-Products Conference in late April. The conference will be April 28-30, 2014 in Seattle, Wash. The goal of the conference is to bring together the community of researchers, business...

Energy Rural Technology

RISE Volunteers Mentor Young Gardeners

October 31, 2013 Matt Russell, USDA Farm to School Program

In 2011, Washington State University won a USDA People’s Garden School Pilot Project grant. The University used the funds to start the “Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth” project, a multi-year research project that engages elementary students in creating edible gardens in schools across the country...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Cheney Public Schools Puts USDA Planning Grant to Work

October 17, 2013 Maggie Gosselin, USDA Farm to School Program

Cheney Public Schools (CPS) is a 7-school district in rural eastern Washington State. Of the 4,135 students who attend CPS, more than 2,000 are eligible for free and reduced price school lunch, and more than 30 percent are obese. Several years ago, realizing the need to improve child nutrition, the...

Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives

Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth School Pilot Program: Training Teachers Coast to Coast

April 26, 2012 Duke Storen, Director Food and Nutrition Service Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach

A classroom floor becomes a garden as 2 nd graders at Hiawatha Elementary in Webster, Iowa decide which of their favorite fruits and vegetables will be planted in their school garden. Gathered in anticipation around a rectangle that represents the actual size of the garden bed, their teacher...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives
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