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How One Area Agency on Aging is Leading the Way

October 19, 2010 Vern Orrell, Public Information Coordinator, Virginia Rural Development

“The Jefferson Area Board for Aging (JABA) are myth-busters, plain and simple,” said Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan at a recent funding announcement held at JABA’s main office and Adult Daycare Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Rural

FNS working to end hunger in Southwest Region

October 19, 2010 Bill Ludwig, Regional Administrator, USDA FNS Southwest Region

Big things are going on in the Southwest region of the U.S. when it comes to feeding families. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service partnered with the No Kid Hungry Campaign lead by Share Our Strength and Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe. Earlier this month, we met to discuss strategies to help this...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone Hails to the Natural State—and Makes the Local News!

October 19, 2010 Karen Munoz, LCDR, United States Public Health Service

On October 16 and 17, the USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone was able to reach Arkansas consumers at two excellent venues. The first was the Arkansas State Fair, a crowded and busy bacteria haven, and the second was a local Kroger grocery store where consumers were buying the food they should be...

Health and Safety

A Glacier in DC

October 19, 2010 Keith Riggs, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC

It started as a three-quarter ton chunk of ice taken out of Mendenhall Lake on the Tongass National Forest in Juneau, Alaska.

Forestry Research and Science

USDA to Use iPad For Survey Work in 2011

October 19, 2010 Mark Harris, Director, Research & Development Division, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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 the USDA's rich science and research portfolio. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will take a technological leap forward in 2011 by using Apple’s new...

Research and Science