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Urban Fruit for Urban Communities

December 16, 2011 Beattra Wilson, Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry National Program Manager

Who says you have to travel outside the city to enjoy the beauty (and deliciousness) of fresh fruit orchards? Cities all across America are transforming the urban landscape by harvesting trees in public spaces. Together with growing community gardens, planting urban orchards is bringing local groups...

Forestry Food and Nutrition Farming

Urban Fruit for Urban Communities

December 16, 2011 Beattra Wilson, Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry National Program Manager

Forestry Food and Nutrition Farming

Winter …The Perfect Time to Visit a Farmers Market

December 15, 2011 Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS Transportation and Marketing

Traditionally, the onset of winter meant the end of farmers market season. However, in recent years, winter farmers markets have become increasingly popular. According to the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), there are over 1,200 of these farmers markets operating across the country. This...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Midwest Schools Find Benefits in Serving Local Foods

December 12, 2011 Megan Bensette, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Midwest Region Public Affairs

Feeding thousands children a healthy lunch every day isn’t easy. But as Farm to School programs become an important way to build local economies and connect youth with their food source, some school districts are getting creative about improving the healthfulness, and local-ness, of their cafeteria.

Food and Nutrition Farming

High Tunnel Extends Season for Mississippi Small Farmer

November 29, 2011 Judi Craddock, NRCS Mississippi

Mary McGee’s late father could neither read nor write. But he knew how to farm. He could farm so well, his daughter says, he had a PhD in making things grow. He taught her how to transform idle soil into lush farmland and to take care of animals.

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming Initiatives

Disfrute los Días Festivos: Prepare Comidas Inocuas y Saludables

November 22, 2011 Dra. Elisabeth Hagen, subsecretaria del Servicio de Inocuidad e Inspección de Alimentos del USDA, y la Dra. Janey Thornton, subsecretaria comisionada de Alimentos, Nutrición y Servicio al Consumidor del USDA.

Serie especial para los días festivos- 5to blog de 5 Durante la pasada semana, la Dra. Janey Thornton, subsecretaria comisionada de Alimentos, Nutrición y Servicio al Consumidor del USDA y yo hemos compartido con ustedes recetas de bajo costo con consejos simples para un manejo adecuado de alimentos...