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Change Beyond the Plate

January 05, 2016 Shayla Bailey, AMS Public Affairs

The following guest blog from a school and community nutrition services director in Louisville, Kentucky highlights how non-profit School Food FOCUS relies on USDA’s Process Verified Program (PVP) to help increase transparency and choice for school food purchases. USDA’s objective, third-party...

Food and Nutrition

In New York, Youth Learn Leadership by Doing

January 05, 2016 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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. In Binghamton, New York, at-risk youth are learning to take charge of their lives by working on a variety of community...

Research and Science

USDA Northeast Climate Hub Integrates Farmer Panel into Operational Discussions

January 05, 2016 Erin Lane, Director of University Relations, USDA Northeast Climate Hub

As the autumn leaves in the Northeast were just beginning to blanket the ground in late October, the USDA Northeast Climate Hub held its first annual –university network hosted– Partner Operational Discussions. The group convened in Annapolis, Maryland where working meetings were held at both the...