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Super Bowl "Super Kid" Promotes Exercise, Healthy Eating

February 03, 2015 Whitney Rick, Agricultural Marketing Service Dairy Programs Promotion, Research and Planning Division, Dairy Program Director

Minutes before the National Football League (NFL) teams of Super Bowl XLIX took the field, a middle school student from Orlando, Fla., had the honor of handing the game ball to an NFL official for the kickoff. But Bobby did much more than hand off that football. As this year’s NFL Play 60 “Super Kid...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Local Food Systems: What Do We Know About National Trends?

February 03, 2015 Steve Vogel and Sarah A. Low, Economic Research 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. American consumers are enjoying increasingly more opportunities to buy food directly from farmers and to patronize grocery...

Food and Nutrition Farming Research and Science

'Five Faces of the Farm Bill' Series and New Multimedia Channel Bring the Farm Bill to Life

February 02, 2015 Matthew Herrick, Deputy Director of Communications, USDA

Today, we begin a month-long effort to highlight the one-year anniversary of the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill, by launching a new multimedia channel packed with compelling stories, stunning photography and even a personal note from Secretary Vilsack to USDA’s friends...

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