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Experts say if your food comes into contact with flood waters, don't even think of eating that food. (Gary Crawford and USDA food safety expert, Meredith Carothers)

More of the medical community is coming to the conclusion that food can be a powerful medicine to prevent and treat many diseases. (Gary Crawford. President Joe Biden. Dr. Rajiv Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Kofi Essel with Children's National Hospital)

Dr. Rajiv Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, telling the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health that helping older Americans pay for fresh fruits and vegetables could save millons of lives and save billions of dollars in health care costs.

USDA's latest look at topsoil moisture conditions reveals standout numbers in the very-short to short rating category. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses the latest ratings by state in USDA’s very-short-to-short topsoil moisture rating category, and their impacts on the national rating for the period ending September 25th.

What did the first U.S. Pasture and Rangeland Condition report for this fall season reveal about such condition across the country? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses states that have seen improved, or better than fifty per cent, good to excellent pasture and rangeland conditions for the period ending September 25th.

Obtaining credit is one challenge several young, beginning, and underserved farmers and ranchers face as they begin or expand their operation. Rod Bain looks at this challenge, and how USDA and other are among those working to improve access to farm loans and other forms of credit in this edition of...

The White House Tuesday revealed its strategy for improving food access, and nutrtion and health outcomes, a day prior to this week's White House conference focused on these subjects. (Rod Bain)

Two Agriculture Department programs have long been used to provide both nutrition and education to some of the world's poorest nations. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. President Joe Biden. Foreign Agricultural Service Associate Administrator Brooke Jameson.