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USDA Proposes New Rule for Transparency in the Service of Fair and Competitive Markets for Poultry Growers

June 09, 2022 Andy Green, Senior Advisor for Competitive Markets

USDA is focused on building new, more, fairer, and more resilient markets for our farmers, ranchers, and producers. To help get there, USDA published the first of several priority initiatives supporting enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, which protects poultry growers and livestock...

Farming

Welcoming Dad to the WIC Family

June 09, 2022 Cindy Tackett, Public Affairs Director, Northeast Regional Office with guest author Doug Edwards, Founder and Director of Real Dads Forever

When enrolling moms into the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as WIC, less than 30% of state agencies in Connecticut were asking for the father’s name. We don't encourage dads to step up and then we wonder why they don't show up.

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security