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A Vision Realized: 10 Years of USDA Climate Hubs and the People Who Made It Happen

August 08, 2023 Holly R. Prendeville, Acting National Coordinator for USDA Climate Hubs, Office of Energy and Environmental Policy

In June 2013, Secretary Vilsack outlined a vision for agricultural solutions to environmental challenges, which included creating the Regional Climate Hubs. In 2014, the USDA Climate Hubs were established in to serve as regional centers of climate change information and outreach to reduce risks. The...

Climate Farming Forestry Research and Science

FNCS Supports Food Sovereignty of Tribal Nations

August 01, 2023 Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

Summer is a beautiful time to travel the country and visit with partners, and I am delighted, humbled and honored to have visited the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe last month. It was inspiring and impressive to see how the tribes...

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

Nutrition Security: Building on Our Work to Date and Accelerating Progress

July 20, 2023 Caree Jackson Cotwright, PhD, RDN, Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Almost a year and a half ago, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack outlined USDA’s focus on nutrition security, which builds on food security by emphasizing the co-existence of food insecurity and diet-related diseases and disparities. Put simply, nutrition security means having consistent and...

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

Third Meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee will be held on September 12-13, 2023, and will Include Oral Public Comments

July 18, 2023 HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s work continues! The committee will hold its third meeting September 12-13, 2023. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) invite the public to participate in this important event via live webcast. Registration is...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety Nutrition Security Research and Science

Cultivating Health, Nutrition & Innovation in the Land of Enchantment

June 22, 2023 JoAnn Makinano, Public Affairs Specialist, Southwest Region Food and Nutrition Service

Cindy Long, Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), and Regional FNS leadership visited New Mexico last month to recognize several FNS nutrition assistance programs in action and learn how FNS can support their work. Advancing nutrition security is a key priority of the Biden-Harris...

Food and Nutrition

Connecting Local Producers to Montana Schools

May 31, 2023 Farm to School Specialist Allison Bell, Mountain Plains Regional Office, Food and Nutrition Service

Bringing together local producers and schools was the objective of the “ Bringing the Farm to School” producer training in Hardin, Montana. The training sought to build relationships between schools and producers to increase the availability of local foods served to children. USDA Farm to School...

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

SNAP Quality Control: How FNS Helps Protects Taxpayer Dollars

May 24, 2023 Cathy Buhrig, Associate Administrator, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition support to millions of American families in need. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) works with partner states to ensure that SNAP provides the right amount of benefits to eligible families in the prescribed timeframes.

Food and Nutrition

Connecting Kids To Meals: A Valued Resource For Kids In Northwest Ohio

May 22, 2023 Sandra MacMartin, Public Affairs Specialist, FNS Midwest Region with Guest Author, Wendi R. Huntley, President and CEO, Connecting Kids to Meals

Connecting Kids to Meals, known as CKM, is a nonprofit agency in Toledo, Ohio that provides healthy meals at no cost to at-risk kids in low-income and underserved areas of Northwest Ohio. With a nearly 20-year history of feeding hungry kids, the critical work of CKM becomes more important every day.

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

Affording the Fight – Finances Frequent Foe for Firefighters

May 11, 2023 Tracy Farley, Forest Service Office of Communication

Emergency responders are an interesting lot. As a culture we recognize and value those who rush toward an emergency while others flee to safety. They work or volunteer as firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical workers, dispatchers and in a variety of support positions. Chances are...

Forestry

Farm to School and Child Nutrition Programming Model in Rialto, California

May 10, 2023 Cindy Long, FNS Administrator

One of my favorite activities is to see FNS programs in action. Therefore, as often as I can, I try to visit schools that know how to have fun while feeding kids healthy meals. Recently, I had the chance to visit Rialto Unified School District (RUSD) and learn about their success in doing just that...

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security