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Innovations Mean Higher Quality Cattle for Kentucky Rancher

March 18, 2013 Christy Morgan, Natural Resources Conservation Service Kentucky

Charlie Masters grew up on the farm he and his wife Rose Ann now own in Mays Lick, Ky. When Charlie and Rose Ann bought it from Charlie’s father, John, in 2006, the farm needed some work, but the couple was up for the challenge. She and her husband are always on the lookout for new and innovative...

Conservation

CNPP Partners Deliver DGA Consumer Messages

March 18, 2013 Dr. Robert Post, USDA

The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) and its National Strategic Partners work together to deliver coordinated, consumer-friendly messages that promote the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to a broad audience. Recent messages disseminated included Make half your plate fruits...

Food and Nutrition

From Greenhouse to Store Shelves in a Matter of Minutes

March 18, 2013 Tanya Brown, Writer/Editor, Farm Service Agency

BrightFarms wants to disrupt the produce supply chain and eliminate the amount of miles vegetables have to travel before landing on supermarket shelves.

Food and Nutrition

Keeping Kids Fed in Kenyan Schools

March 18, 2013 Kate Snipes, Agricultural Counselor, U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya

On Feb. 21, newly confirmed U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec visited the Stara Rescue Center, a school and orphanage located in Africa’s largest urban slum of Kibera, Nairobi. He was there to highlight USDA’s support to the center’s students through the McGovern-Dole Food for Education...

Food and Nutrition Trade

With USDA Help, Rural African Farming Comes to Rural Massachusetts

March 18, 2013 Christine Kimball, USDA Business and Cooperatives Specialist-Massachusetts

What do immigrant farmers from Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Liberia have in common with central rural Massachusetts? The Answer: World Farmers Inc. or WFI.

Rural