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USDA Leadership Helps Host the 2014 Kids' State Dinner

August 06, 2014 Sasha Bard, MS, RD, Nutritionist

CNPP’s new Executive Director, Angela Tagtow, MS, RD, LD, closed out her first week with USDA by honoring the winners of the 2014 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge recipe contest at the White House during the Kids’ State Dinner on July 18. Below are her impressions from the event.

Food and Nutrition

USDA's Agricultural Ties Run Deep

July 31, 2014 Rebecca Frank, USDA Office of Communications

Earlier this year, in preparation for the 2015 opening of a new business history exhibition, American Enterprise, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History put out a call for current and past members of the National FFA Organization to submit their FFA jackets accompanied with their own...

Conservation

Dirt, Fire and Road: My First Season as a Wildland Firefighter

July 23, 2014 Michaela Hall, Fire and Aviation Management, U.S. Forest Service

For the second time, I spilled burn mix on my clothing as I reached to replace a drip torch, a wildland firefighting tool used to ignite fires for controlled burns. After three days of working with the Davidson River Initial Attack Crew, I was getting used to how things worked – except for the drip...

Forestry

Retired Couple's Commitment to Restoring Longleaf Pine Highlights Partnership's Success

July 22, 2014 Amelia Hines, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Georgia

Tim and Harriette Allen have focused their golden years on a shared passion that has set them on a path to conservation. The Georgia couple’s love of nature and a desire to help the environment spurred them to become part of a national effort to conserve and restore longleaf pine forests throughout...

Conservation

Bringing the Promise of Healthy School Meals to More Children This Fall

July 15, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Education Secretary Arne Duncan

Cross-posted from the Huffington Post: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 enabled the U.S Department of Agriculture to make historic changes to the meals served in our nation's schools. Breakfasts, lunches, and snacks sold during the school day are now more nutritious than ever, with less fat...

Food and Nutrition

Memphis Girl Wins National Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl Poster Contest

June 20, 2014 Tiffany Holloway, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Joyce Qin has some pretty proud grandparents. They made their first trip from China to Washington, D.C., to watch U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell honor the 11-year-old Memphis-area student as the national winner of the 2014 Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Poster Contest. “Joyce competed against 30...

Conservation Forestry

It's National Pollinator Week: Bee with Us Friday for a Twitter Chat with Beekeepers & Join Us for the Fifth Pollinator Week Festival at USDA

June 18, 2014 Annie Ceccarini, Program Manager, The People’s Garden Initiative

How do pollinators affect your life? Well, if you’ve ever eaten a blueberry, chocolate bar or tomato, you can thank a pollinator. Pollinators are birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, small mammals, and most importantly, bees. They are responsible for pollinating one out of every...

Initiatives

Silver City, NM, Student Draws Winning Poster for Homeownership Month

June 11, 2014 Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner

The Sixth Street Elementary School in Silver City, New Mexico, has seen a lot of students over the years. But May 8 th 2014 was a very special day at the 130-year-old school. Why? Because 10-year-old Mireya Cisneros, a fourth grader, was honored for her winning illustration for New Mexico’s 2014...

Rural

Conservation Work in Arkansas Makes Positive Impact Downstream

June 09, 2014 Ann Mills, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

I recently toured several farms near Stuttgart, Ark. with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s acting Assistant Administrator for Water Nancy Stoner, state officials and conservationists. We met farmers working to clean and conserve water using conservation efforts, including the Mississippi River...

Conservation

USDA Farmers Market Opens with a Recipe to Honor Our Veterans

June 05, 2014 Anne L. Alonzo, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

I love farmers markets. The vibrant colors, enticing smells, and vivacious people make me feel so very alive and happy. Local markets also work to bring communities together. I have been to a number of farmers markets across the U.S., but my favorite one is located right here in Washington, DC—in...

Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives
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