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The President and First Lady on Child Nutrition Bill: "The Basic Nutrition They Need to Learn and Grow and to Pursue Their Dreams"

December 13, 2010 White House blog

Cross posted from the White House blog: As one of her chief responsibilities and greatest passions, the First lady has dedicated herself to helping our children grow up healthy and reversing the alarming childhood obesity trend -- so the President's signing of the the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

New Online Resource Links Retired Landowners to Beginning Farmers, Ranchers

December 13, 2010 Tanya Brown, USDA Farm Service Agency

A new online resource is available to farmers with expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts and beginning farmers interested in obtaining land. TIP Net is a website sponsored by the USDA Farm Service Agency designed to assist those who are interested in the Transition Incentives Program...

Conservation

An Update on Consultation with Tribes on SUTA from USDA

December 13, 2010 Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, USDA Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service

Throughout this year, USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) consulted with Tribes on the Substantially Underserved Trust Areas (SUTA) provision of the 2008 Farm Bill. This provision directed RUS to develop a strategy to deliver infrastructure program funding tailored and more affordable to the...

Rural

A Healthier and Brighter Future for Our Children and Nation

December 13, 2010 Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for USDA’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

The health of our Nation has always been a top priority for the President, First Lady, Secretary Vilsack and everyone in the administration. That is why I am thrilled President Obama today signed into law the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The historic bill ensures our children have the...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives