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Announcing the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee!

January 19, 2023 HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are excited to announce the members of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee! The Committee will review the current body of nutrition science and make recommendations to help guide HHS and...

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security Research and Science

The Ever-expanding Industry of Certified Organics

January 18, 2023 Terry Matlock, Public Affairs Specialist, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Last month, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2021 Certified Organic Survey. The data showed a continued upward trend in the organic industry since 2008, when organic data collection first began.

Research and Science

Aquaponics: Growing Crops on the ‘Open Water’

January 17, 2023 Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications

It may be winter, but it is still possible to access fresh, locally-grown produce. How? With aquaponics. Americans and people living around the world can grow crops year-round in a soilless hydroponic environment regardless of their regions’ climate or season. It also has the added benefit of...

Research and Science