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Meeting to Make a Difference in USDA's Food Purchasing Programs

November 04, 2014 Dave Munford, Agricultural Marketing Service Contract Specialist

When you’re a contract specialist with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), you’re part of a Commodity Procurement team that purchases 1.7 billion pounds of commodities a year to support domestic agriculture. You’re part of a network- which also includes the Food and Nutrition Service, the...

Food and Nutrition

Did YOU Know that the USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program Helps Families Affected by Disasters?

September 24, 2014 Dave Tuckwiller, AMS Commodity Procurement Program Director

September is National Preparedness Month, a time to evaluate the many ways that we can prepare our families and communities before, during, and after a disaster or emergency. Whether they come in the form of a hurricane, earthquake or drought, being prepared is the best defense against long-term...

Food and Nutrition

Updated Food Purchasing System Keeps USDA on Top of its Game

August 27, 2014 Sara Hernandez, AMS Commodity Procurement Program

In today’s busy world of technological advances, it’s important to both evaluate the paths that have already been taken and find ways to improve upon the progress that’s already been made. This spring, we talked about how the Web-Based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM) streamlined the purchases...

Food and Nutrition

USDA's Innovative Technology Streamlines Federal Food Purchasing Logistics

May 09, 2014 Sean Britto, Web-Based Supply Chain Management System Project Manager

Logistics is not just a fancy buzz word; it is the oil that keeps the engine of an interconnected global market running smoothly. For U.S. food purchasing agencies, logistics means ordering, procuring, and delivering nearly 8.5 billion pounds of domestically-produced foods by successfully awarding...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Foods Get Even Greener

March 28, 2014 Sara K. Hernandez, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, AMS Commodity Procurement

St. Patrick’s Day might be over, but at USDA we’re still sporting our green. That’s because of the success of one food in particular—a vegetable underdog: broccoli! As one of the newest additions to the USDA Foods lineup, AMS purchased 6.87 million pounds (nearly $7.6 million) of broccoli during FY...

Food and Nutrition

USDA and the HACU National Internship Program: A Recipe for Success

August 23, 2013 Keven Valentin, AMS Commodity Procurement Financial Analyst

Reach one, teach one. That is the approach that USDA has taken in its partnership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program. As a current employee with the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and a former HACU intern, I am glad to help...

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