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Increasing Healthy Food Access, A Community Conversation and a National Challenge

June 08, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Today I participated in event with Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel to highlight the challenge of increasing access to healthy foods. It’s a conversation that I and others at USDA have had many times before. From small towns to big cities, people are talking about how to get more fresh, healthy food into...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Secretary's Column: Expanding Farm Credit Opportunities

June 08, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Today, American agriculture is thriving. Farm income is strong, and we are in the three best years for agricultural exports in history. The prosperity of our agriculture sector is driving the economy forward, creating jobs, and ensuring that Americans have the most affordable food supply of any...

USDA Results Initiatives

Florida Bat Survey Tests for White-Nose Syndrome and Bat Health

June 08, 2012 Susan Blake, National Forests of Florida, U.S. Forest Service

Well into the wee hours of night, for five successive evenings, teams of scientists from across the southeastern United States waited and watched as bats in the Apalachicola National Forest swooped down to feed on their insect prey only to be captured in sheer mist nets. The scientific teams and U.S...

Forestry

New Alaska Patrol Boat Carries Name of Fallen Law Enforcement Officer

June 08, 2012 Christopher Lampshire, USFS Law Enforcement and Investigations, Chugach Patrol Captain

The name and memory of U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Kristine Fairbanks has a lot of meaning for the Forest Service law enforcement community and especially to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska regions of the agency.

Forestry

A Clear Answer to Clean Water

June 07, 2012 Dave White, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Cross posted from the White House Council on Environmental Quality blog: How important is water? Well, it’s not a question I have to think too hard about. What I can tell you is that without it, there wouldn’t be any humans or critters roaming the earth.

Conservation

The Food Safety Discovery Zone Wraps Up Its Spring 2012 Southeastern Tour

June 07, 2012 Luis Delgadillo, Food Safety Discovery Zone Driver, Food Safety and Inspection Service

The USDA’s Food Safety Discovery Zone has finished its spring 2012 tour, taking hands-on food safety lessons across the Southeast. Stopping in the smallest towns and big cities like Dallas, we were able to educate over 175,000 people on preventing foodborne illness. Real food safety experts who work...

Health and Safety

Create Your Own Cookbook with the SNAP-Ed Connection Recipe Finder!

June 07, 2012 Rachel Tobin, MS, RD, SNAP-Ed Connection, Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, USDA

Are you an educator looking for a unique new way to motivate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to eat healthfully and cook more at home? Or do you just love browsing, collecting, and arranging new recipes? Either way, you’re going to appreciate the latest feature added to...

Food and Nutrition