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USDA Works with the Farm Foundation to Help Producers Develop Renewable Energy and Biomass

November 26, 2010 Harry S. Baumes, Ph. D., Acting Director, USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses

Earlier this month, I joined colleagues from several USDA agencies in Knoxville, Tennessee to discuss biomass production and renewable energy opportunities with producers. The event was sponsored by the Farm Foundation.

Energy

Thanksgiving Dinner: A Gift that Keeps Giving

November 26, 2010 Diane Van, Manager, Meat and Poultry Hotline

We hope you enjoyed our countdown to the Thanksgiving holiday, and turkey roasting tips! Now that the holiday is behind us, it’s time to think about what to do with the copious amounts of leftovers taking up room in our refrigerators.

Health and Safety

Un Pedazo de Vermont para el Día de Gracias

November 24, 2010 Molly Lambert, USDA Rural Development State Director, Vermont/New Hampshire

La lista de ingredientes fue suficiente para hacer mi boca agua: “Champlain Orchards,” syrup de cidra de manzana, mantequilla local, crema batida y la estrella del evento – puree de calabaza de Vermont. Chaplain Orchards localizada en el precioso Valle de Lake Champlain en Vermont está horneando su...

Spanish Rural

A Slice of Vermont for Thanksgiving

November 24, 2010 Molly Lambert, USDA Rural Development State Director, Vermont/New Hampshire

This list of ingredients was enough to get my mouth watering: Champlain Orchards’ apple cider syrup, local butter and heavy cream, and the star of the show - Vermont pumpkin puree. Champlain Orchards in the beautiful Lake Champlain Valley of Vermont is making its first pumpkin pies this year, just...

Rural

Forest Legacy program reaches 2-million acre milestone in protecting threatened private forests

November 24, 2010 Ellita Harrington Willis, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Service

The USDA Forest Service recently reached a milestone of protecting more than 2 million acres of private forests threatened by development. The Forest Service’s Northeastern Area helped the agency reach the milestone when the state of Ohio purchased a 15,000-acre property as the new Vinton Furnace...

Forestry

Nuevo Programa de Compra, Ayuda a Familia a Lograr sus Sueños de ser Propietario de Vivienda

November 24, 2010 Kelly Edwards, Wisconsin USDA Rural Development Public Information Officer

La familia Yorgey ya estaba cansada de mudarse de una vivienda para otra y de gastar su dinero en los pagos de la renta. Ellos tenian el sueño de tener un hogar permanente de su propiedad para vivir con su familia, la cual se ha expandido. Pero esa idea estaba muy lejos de convertirse en realidad...

Spanish

New Purchase Program Helps Local Family Achieve Dream of Homeownership

November 24, 2010 Kelly Edwards, Wisconsin USDA Rural Development Public Information Officer

The Yorgey family was tired of moving from place to place and watching their money constantly going towards rent payments. They wanted to be able to have a permanent place of their own for their growing family to live. But, the idea of that actually coming true seemed like a distant dream. Thanks to...

Rural

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Inspector Relays Food Safety Messages Across Borders from Montana to Georgia

November 23, 2010 Zoltan Toth, Import Meat Inspector for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Sweet Grass, Montana

Several months ago, I was selected to participate in a meat processing project that took me from Great Falls, Montana to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. I went under the auspices of the Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA) – an organization supported by USAID – to offer advice on the methods...

Health and Safety

Invernaderos Aumentan el Ingreso Agrícola

November 23, 2010 Jennifer Martin, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Esta publicación es parte de la serie Martes de la Ciencia que es parte de los blogs del USDA. Visitanos cada semana ya que compartiremos historias y noticias que son parte del rico portafolio de ciencia e investigación dle USDA

Spanish Research and Science

Countdown to Thanksgiving: Cooking the Turkey

November 23, 2010 Diane Van, Manager, USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline

Cross-posted from the FoodSafety.gov blog. November is the busiest month of the year for those of us on the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline. During the week of Thanksgiving, we get lots of questions about how to safely cook a turkey. Here are answers to the questions we hear most often.

Health and Safety