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Schools Around the Country Successfully Implementing New Meal Standards

August 27, 2013 Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Today a news report claimed that schools across the country are dropping out of the National School Lunch Program because the standards are too difficult to implement. The truth is that the vast majority of schools across the country are meeting the updated meal standards successfully, which is so...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Forest Service Hosts National Boy Scout Jamboree

August 27, 2013 Haven Cook, Florida National Forests, and Tiffany Holloway, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Did you know the U.S. Forest Service has a long connection to the Boy Scouts of America? Roughly 78 percent of Forest Service employees were Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts in their youth; and many scouting projects, including Eagle Scout projects, take place on national forests or grasslands. “The Boy...

Forestry

Appeal of Diverse Side of Ag Statistics

August 27, 2013 Troy Joshua, National Agricultural Statistics Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. 2013 is the International Year of Statistics. As part of this global event, every month this year USDA’s National...

Research and Science