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Mapping the Future: CSU Students Tackle Real-World AI Challenges with USDA and NASA

Christopher Alvares, USDA Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer

USDA recently partnered with Colorado State University (CSU) for a successful hackathon, bringing together the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the Forest Service, NASA, GSA's US Digital Corps, and Amazon Web Services.

Technology

Exciting News: Welcome to the New USDA.gov!

Peter Rhee, Director of Digital Communications

We’re thrilled to introduce the new and improved USDA.gov!

Technology

USDA Provides Significant Support for American Producers, School Meal Providers and Emergency Food Operations

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Biden-Harris Administration is providing $2.7 billion to support American farmers, students who participate in school meal programs , and emergency food operations. With funding made available through USDA’s...

Equity Nutrition Security

USDA Partners with 27 States and Territories to Issue Child Food Benefits for Summer

Washington, D.C., July 11 , 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with states and territories across the country, is working with urgency to provide food benefits for the summer months to eligible children. As of July 8, 27 states and territories, including Puerto Rico...

Nutrition Security

USDA Launches Feds Feed Families 2022 to Help Fight Food and Nutrition Insecurity

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the kickoff of the 13 th annual Feds Feed Families program, a voluntary food drive which encourages employees from all federal agencies to give in-kind contributions – food, services, and time – to food...

Nutrition Security

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Highlights Key Work in 2021 to Promote Food and Nutrition Security

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2022 – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture issued the following statement highlighting key accomplishments to promote food and nutrition security at the Department of Agriculture since the Biden-Harris Administration took office on January 20, 2021. “2021 again offered...

American Rescue Plan Nutrition Security

USDA Invests $69 Million to Support Critical Food and Nutrition Security Needs

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today an investment of $69 million to address critical food and nutrition security needs of low-income communities enduring the pandemic, enhance the resilience of food and healthcare systems impacted by the pandemic, and...

Nutrition Security

USDA Enhances Market Coverage in Retail Outlets

September 16, 2024 Michael Sheats, Director of the AMS Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division

USDA’s AMS publishes weekly retail reports on grocery store prices nationwide. Recently, reports on red meats, poultry, and eggs moved to the My Market News platform, offering customizable data as part of AMS’s modernization efforts.

Farming Food and Nutrition Technology

USDA Thinks Outside the Box at Inaugural Innovation Event

September 05, 2024 Donald Bitner, Chief Technology Officer

USDA’s diverse mission requirements in technology and tools make creativity essential in leveraging today’s challenges into opportunities for innovation.

Technology

Digital Transformation Takes Root at USDA

August 16, 2024 Fátima Terry, Deputy Director, USDA Digital Service

The seeds of digital transformation are taking root as application reviews for our agency’s first Digital Service (DS) Fellows cohort are in progress. By establishing a dedicated fellow team at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), we will be able to improve access to USDA resources and...

Technology