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Ground-breaking Partnership Brings Celebrity Recipe to Chicago Student Lunches

November 03, 2011 Michael T. Jarvis, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service & Alan Shannon, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Midwest Region

One of USDA’s most important missions is providing healthy meals to school lunch programs across the country. In a unique partnership, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) agencies teamed up with Rachael Ray’s Yum-o! non-profit organization, the Chicago...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition Health and Safety Farming

Carbon Study Conducted on US Forest Service Land Reveals Unexpected Results

November 03, 2011 Robert H. Westover, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

A 12-year study on the U.S. Forest Service’s Harshaw Experimental Forest near Rhinelander, WI is challenging long-held assumptions about how future forests will respond to the rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Forestry

APHIS Veterinarian Dr. Larry Ludemann Shares His Experiences Overseas

November 03, 2011 Dr. Larry Ludemann, Senior Staff Veterinarian, APHIS Center for Veterinary Biologics, Ames, IA

Hello, I’m Dr. Larry Ludemann and I’m a Senior Staff Veterinarian for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB). It’s our job to make sure veterinary biologics, including vaccines, are safe, pure, potent and effective. My duties include...

Animals Plants