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Growing our Future with Military Children

Christine Tomkus, Military Spouse and Veteran Employment Program Manager, USDA

April is the Month of the Military Child.

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USDA Military Spouse and Veteran Employment Program Manager Christine Tomkus speaks to children about opportunities in agriculture at Whiteman AFB in Missouri

Groundwater: It’s at the Root of Safe Water Consumption

Cristina Rivera, Management & Program Analyst, Rural Development Water & Environmental Programs

USDA Rural Development offers various programs that prioritize emergency health and sanitary issues.

Rural
A person filling a vial with water with National Groundwater Awareness Week March 9-15, 2025 text overlay

USDA celebrates National FFA Week

Lindsey Abentroth, Youth Coordinator, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

National FFA Week is a great time to highlight the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) active partnership with the organization.

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Future Farmers of America event

Keep Your Team Safe During the Big Game

Maura Drumm, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS-USDA

The USDA has some tips to keep your food safe on Super Bowl Sunday.

Health and Safety
Assortment of foods on plates

Don’t Fumble Those Chicken Wings: Marinate Safely for the Big Game

Jesus Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS-USDA

Everyone wants their chicken wings to make an impression.

Health and Safety
Marinating chicken wings

Try A Little Tenderness: The Evolution and Future of Meat Tenderness Standards

Bucky Gwartney, International Marketing Specialist, AMS Livestock and Poultry Program

USDA’s longstanding grading process provides an excellent overall meat quality assessment for buyers, sellers, and consumers to make decisions about their meat purchases.

Health and Safety
Graders use marbling standards cards to consistently establish correlations and score carcasses

Taste Test Your Thanksgiving Treats at the Right Time

November 21, 2024 Kenneth King, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

Thanksgiving is the most delicious holiday of the year and brings many tests to the kitchen. Will all the dishes be ready on time? Can we pull off this new casserole recipe? Many of these tests will be met with success; however, one test you should be careful of is the taste test. Taste testing...

Health and Safety

Keep your Kitchen Clean and Sanitized this Thanksgiving

November 21, 2024 Kenneth King, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

Thanksgiving is a time when friends and family gather to celebrate together, and the center of the action is the kitchen. Pots and pans will be full of collard greens and gravy while a turkey cooks in the oven. With so many moving parts, it is key that the preparation and cooking areas get fully...

Health and Safety

Rural Development: An Impact that Saves Lives

November 21, 2024 Jessica Bowser, Content Management Analyst, Rural Development

On April 10, 2024, I received a call from my dad asking me to come help him at our family farm there had been an accident. The front axle of my dad’s tractor had broken in half, and he had jumped off the tractor before it tipped over. When I arrived at the farm, my dad couldn’t walk. I called a...

Rural

The Secret to a Successful Thanksgiving? The Right Tools to Prepare Your Turkey Safely

November 21, 2024 Zoya Sattar, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

For first-time hosts, or even experienced cooks, the Thanksgiving turkey can be a nerve-wracking dish to prepare once a year. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has some tips to reduce any anxiety over cooking your turkey this year.

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