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Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth School Pilot Program: Training Teachers Coast to Coast

April 26, 2012 Duke Storen, Director Food and Nutrition Service Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships, and Outreach

A classroom floor becomes a garden as 2 nd graders at Hiawatha Elementary in Webster, Iowa decide which of their favorite fruits and vegetables will be planted in their school garden. Gathered in anticipation around a rectangle that represents the actual size of the garden bed, their teacher...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Organic 101: The Lifecycle of Organic Food Production

April 26, 2012 Miles McEvoy, National Organic Program Deputy Administrator

This is the fifth installment of the Organic 101 series that explores different aspects of the USDA organic regulations. Through defined farming practices, organic principles promote ecological balance, foster the cycling of resources, and conserve biodiversity. To understand what that means when it...

Food and Nutrition

Prague’s People’s Garden Expands Beyond U.S. Embassy Grounds

April 26, 2012 Jana Mikulasova, Agricultural Specialist, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Embassy Prague

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in Prague, Czech Republic, joined the People’s Garden initiative in the summer of 2009, when employees started planning their project, researching potential garden sites, and identifying input suppliers and partners. Their effort bore fruit in summer...

Initiatives