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Día de Reyes: A Time for Friends, Feasts, and Food Safety

January 05, 2015 Luis Rivera, Food Safety Education Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

Nothing brings people together like the Holidays, or Navidades for us Spanish speakers. Día de Reyes (Three Kings Day) would not be complete without some excellent eats. Many Hispanic-Americans have a favorite dish during this special season – from lechón to pasteles to tamales to atole. Nothing...

Health and Safety

Florida Family Farm Adopts Conservation Practices, Helps Gulf of Mexico

January 05, 2015 Doug Ulmer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Florida

For three generations members of Mitch Holtzclaw’s family has farmed land in Suwanee County, Florida. Today, Holtzclaw grows more than 1,000 acres of peanuts, corn and small grains. His farm is about three miles from the historic Suwannee River, which flows directly into the Gulf of Mexico. The...

Conservation