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USDA Firma Acuerdo Para Proveer Redes de Oportunidades a las Instituciones Educativas Hispanas

March 18, 2011 Tanya Brown, Writer/Editor, Office of External Affairs, USDA Farm Service Agency

USDA no está hablando solamente, sino que también toma medidas para ayudar a los hispanoamericanos. El Departamento puso un pie al frente hoy cuando el Secretario de Agricultura Federal Tom Vilsack y Sandra V. Serrano de la Asociación Hispana de Colegios y Universidades, firmaron un Acuerdo de...

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USDA Signs Agreement to Provide Network of Opportunity for Hispanic Institutions

March 18, 2011 Tanya Brown, Writer/Editor, Office of External Affairs, USDA Farm Service Agency

USDA isn’t just talking, but taking action to help Hispanic Americans. The department stepped forward today as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Sandra V. Serrano of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will build programs and...

Initiatives

Agricultural Science – from the Classroom to the Laboratory to the Plate

March 18, 2011 Dr. Cathie Woteki, USDA Chief Scientist and Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

Last week, I was in South Carolina to see some of the work being done by USDA’s scientists at the U. S. Vegetable Laboratory, where researchers strive to improve vegetable yields and quality. Any chef will tell you great meals begin with high quality ingredients, and nutritionists will add that a...

Research and Science

USDA Sets New Standards for Reducing Foodborne Pathogens in Chickens and Turkeys, Preventing Up To 25,000 Illnesses

March 18, 2011 Dr. David Goldman, Assistant Administrator, FSIS Office of Public Health Science

Secretary Vilsack believes there is no more fundamental function of government than protecting consumers, and there is no mission more important to USDA than ensuring the safety of our food.

Health and Safety