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MyPlate Broadens its Reach

May 28, 2015 Elizabeth Rahavi, RD, Nutritionist

As part of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month, the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is pleased to announce the translation of the ChooseMyPlate 10 Tips resource and MyPlate icon from English into 18 additional languages. The Office of Minority Health, of the...

Food and Nutrition

Using Open Data in Creative Ways to Solve Problems

May 28, 2015 Joyce Hunter, Acting CIO, Deputy CIO for Policy and Planning

Want to make better use of forest, park and trail datasets? Try a hackathon. A hackthon is an event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development and hardware development, including graphic designers, interface designers and project managers, collaborate intensively on...

Technology

Technology Helping us Follow the Food Path

May 28, 2015 Ed Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

It is amazing to see such an array of meats available in today’s grocery stores. Traveling across the country in my role at USDA, I hear from so many folks that want to know where their beef comes from, what the animal was fed or how was it raised. I also know farmers have a real commitment to their...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming Technology

In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Cory Carman

May 28, 2015 Rachael Dubinsky and Wendy Wasserman, Office Of Communications

As part of our ongoing #womeninag series, we are highlighting a different leading woman in agriculture each month. This month, we profile Cory Carman. Cory’s family has been ranching in Wallowa, Oregon since 1913. After graduating from Stanford with an environmental policy degree and working in...

Conservation Initiatives

The Role of a Vegetation Ecologist

May 28, 2015 Teresa Haugh, Office of Public Affairs, Alaska Region

Vegetation ecologists play an essential role in the U.S. Forest Service. They research the abundance and location of flora in their region as well as the factors that influence how the plants flourish. All nine Forest Service regions and most forests have ecologists on staff, representing a variety...

Forestry