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Maryland Children In Poverty Won't Go Hungry This Summer

The Baltimore Sun | YVONNE WENGER | Posted 05.02.2013 | DC
Read More: National School Lunch Program, Fresh Harvest Community Supported Agriculture Program, Video, School Lunch Program, School Lunches, United Way, Summer Food Service Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, DC News

Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said...

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U.S. Dairy Industry: Leading the Way in Sustainable Innovation

Sec. Tom Vilsack | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
Read More: Energy, Usda, Earth Day, Tom Vilsack, Dairy, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Obama Administration, Green Energy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture, President Obama, Climate, Business News
Sec. Tom Vilsack

U.S. dairy producers are leading the way in productivity and innovation when it comes to sustainable practices. Earlier this afternoon, I joined Innov...

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Rogue Agency's Agent Investigated in Wolf Killing

Kieran Suckling | Posted 04.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Endangered Species, Wolves, Department of Agriculture, Mexican Gray Wolves, Wildlife Services, US Department of Agriculture, Green News
Kieran Suckling

The Southwest's endangered Mexican gray wolves -- with just three breeding pairs left in the wild -- are hanging on by a thread. The last thing they need is one of their own gunned down by an employee of the government that's supposed to be nursing this wild population back to health.

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USDA StrikeForce: Expanding Partnerships and Opportunity in Rural Communities

Sec. Tom Vilsack | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics
Read More: North Dakota, Alaska, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Texas, Arizona, South Dakota, Usda, Alabama, Virginia, Rural America, South Carolina, Strikeforce, Utah, U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Carolina, Video, Politics News
Sec. Tom Vilsack

Unfortunately, 90 percent of America's persistent poverty counties are in rural America -- and we can't allow these areas to be left behind. This week, USDA is further expanding a program to partner with rural communities on projects they support to promote economic growth.

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Spending Cuts Could Wreak Havoc On Milk Prices

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 05.13.2013 | Business
Read More: Department of Agriculture, Dairy Farmers, Department of Agriculture Reports, Milk, Milk Farmers, Usda, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Milk Prices, Business News

MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's statistical arm said it won't issue some agricultural reports this year because of automati...

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Food Banks' Dire Warning

Reuters | Posted 01.21.2013 | Business
Read More: Groceries, Video, US Food Supply, Food Banks, Food Stamps, Commodity Prices, Hunger Relief, Reuters, Food Assistance, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food, Food Prices, US Drought 2012, Great Depression, Business News

* High commodity prices lead to drop in gov't food donations * Food banks increase food purchases, straining resources ...

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Fiscal Cliff: Public Sector Workers Should Be Very Afraid

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.05.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Congress, Gdp, Fiscal Cliff Layoffs, Federal Aviation Administration, George Mason University, Fiscal Cliff Government Jobs, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sequestration, Business News

If America falls off the fiscal cliff, there’s going to be a hell to pay, and fewer workers to pay too. Around 277,000 public sector workers wil...

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Cows May Be Eating More Gummy Worms Than Ever

Reuters | Posted 11.23.2012 | Business
Read More: Dairy Cows, Drought, Corn Feed, Video, Cattle Farming, Mike Yoder, Cattle Farms, Reuters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, Business News

(Repeats to correct date and widen distribution) By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept 23 (Reuters) - Mike Yoder's herd...

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Consumer Group: Ban Tuna From School Lunches

Posted 09.21.2012 | Home
Read More: Nutritional Guidelines, Usda School Lunches, Healthy School Lunches, Learning Disabilities, School Lunches, Epa, Fda, Usda Guidelines, Steve King, Children With Learning Disabilities, Food and Drug Association, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USDA School Lunch Guidelines, Nutritional Guidelines for School Lunches, Mercury, Tim Huelskamp, National Fisheries Institute, Tuna, Mercury in Tuna, Mercury Policy Project, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Methylmercury, Seafood, Video, Home News

The Mercury Policy Project of Montpelier, Vt., is pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap tuna from school lunch menus after a test of 59 ...

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Leaner, Greener School Lunches Get Strained Reviews From Students

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 10.02.2012 | Home
Read More: New School Lunch Guidelines, School Lunch Legislation, Video, Mississippi Schools, School Lunches, New York Schools, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Mohonasen High School, School Lunch, US Department of Agriculture, Healthy School Lunch, Childhood Obesity, Home News

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. -- One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn't filli...

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How A Couple Stole $1.3 Million From The Government

Posted 08.30.2012 | Miami
Read More: Sergio and Yaima Perez, Video, Couple Defrauds the Government, Miami Crime, US Department of Agriculture, Hurricane Damage, Nursery Program, Sergio Perez Fraud Case, Yaima Perez Fraud Case, Miami News

A Homestead couple was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday and must also pay restitution for defrauding the government out of more than $1 mil...

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Fewer U.S. Students Buy Sodas, Sports Drinks Still A Problem

Reuters | Posted 10.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Sugary Drinks in School, School Sodas, Sports Drinks, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, School Lunches, Sports Drinks in School, Healthy Lunches, School Soda, Childhood Obesity, Video, Sodas in School, Reuters, Student Health, Sugary Drinks, Usda, US Department of Agriculture, School Soda Ban, Home News

* Sodas in middle and high schools down more than 50 pct * Sugary sports drinks still widely available By Susan Heavey ...

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PETA Takes 'Bets' On Senator's Death As 'Meatless Mondays' Controversy Continues

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 07.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Department of Agriculture, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Senator Grassley PETA, Senator Grassley, Usda, Senator Harkin, Peta, Meatless Monday, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Home News

PETA upped the ante Thursday, jumping headfirst into a feud involving the Department of Agriculture, the meat lobby and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. ...

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$80 Million for Wetlands and Working Ranches in the Everglades

Mark Tercek | Posted 09.15.2012 | Green
Read More: The Nature Conservancy, Secretary Vilsack, Agriculture, Conservation, Wetlands, Florida, Ranchers, Everglades, US Department of Agriculture, Federal Budget, Green News
Mark Tercek

In the highly partisan atmosphere of a presidential election year, it's encouraging to see examples of one thing that Americans can agree on: the importance of preserving our nation's natural heritage.

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Study: Proposed School Lunch Nutrition Guidelines Will Benefit School Budgets

Posted 10.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Michelle Obama, School Nutrition Standards, Tom Vilsack, Healthy School Lunches, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, School Lunches, Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, Health Impact Project, Michelle Obama School Lunches, School Lunch Legislation, Video, School Meals, Student Health, Usda, Student Nutrition, US Department of Agriculture, Home News

Updating national nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools -- a move proposed by first lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Se...

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Schools Turning Their Noses Up At Pink Slime, Opting For Beef Without The Filler

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 08.04.2012 | Home
Read More: National School Lunch Program, Pink Slime in Schools, Lean Finely Textured Beef, Beef Filler, Video, Beef Products Inc., Mike Huckabee, Bpi, School Lunches, Student Health, School Beef, Usda, Pink Slime, School Lunch, Child Nutrition, Student Nutrition, US Department of Agriculture, Home News

NEW YORK — The nation's school districts are turning up their noses at "pink slime," the beef product that caused a public uproar earlier this y...

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Districts Look To Debt Collectors, Stricter Policies, For Unpaid Lunches

Posted 08.15.2012 | Home
Read More: West Virginia Schools, School Meals, Free Lunch, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunch Debt, Free and Reduced Price Lunches, School Lunches, Usda, School Lunch, US Department of Agriculture, Free Lunches, Home News

Americans are likely hearing from debt collectors more in recent years than in the past, but a practice that may become even more common: debt collect...

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Warren Buffett's Son Fights Rural Hunger

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 04.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Archer Daniels Midland Co., Farming, Economic Downturn, Video, Poverty, Food Banks, Rural America, Invest an Acre, Warren Buffett, Howard G. Buffett, Feeding America, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Business News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers...

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175 Chickens in One Minute?!

Craig McCord | Posted 06.12.2012 | Green
Read More: Chicken Industry, Chicken, Agriculture, Poultry, Food Inspection, Usda, Petitions, Food Health, US Department of Agriculture, Green News
Craig McCord

Right now, the USDA inspectors inspect 35 chickens a minute for lovely things such as bile, feces and random spare parts that got through processing. That's a chicken every two seconds.

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Why The Simple School Lunch Burger Patty Has 26 Ingredients

Posted 04.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Healthy School Lunches, Fairfax County Schools, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Child Nutrition, Lean Finely Textured Beef, Npr, Video, Beef Products Inc., School Cafeteria, Burger Patty, School Burger, School Hamburger, Student Health, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Pink Slime, Usda, School Lunch, Student Nutrition, US Department of Agriculture, School Lunch Burger, Home News

The school burger has gotten more than its share of the spotlight lately as parents set off a media firestorm in a rally to remove the controversial, ...

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The Fracking Plot Thickens: Are Gas Leases on Thin Ice?

Kyle Rabin | Posted 05.28.2012 | Green
Read More: Elisabeth Radow, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Secretary Tom Vilsack, National Environmental Policy Act, Fracking, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gas Lease, Green News
Kyle Rabin

Most people would agree that fracking comes with an assortment of environmental risks given that it's a heavy industrial activity; in this case an activity that introduces hazardous substances into people's backyards. What's less clear is the regulatory and legal landscape.

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Emmeline Zhao

Schools Can Opt Out Of 'Pink Slime'

HuffingtonPost.com | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 03.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Pink Slime in Schools, School Meals, Video, Healthy School Lunches, Lean Beef Trimmings, School Lunches, Soylent Pink, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Salmonella, Usda, Healthy School Meals, Pink Slime, US Department of Agriculture, E. Coli, Pink Slime Meat, Home News

"Pink slime" might soon have a leaner presence in public schools than many might have initially anticipated. The U.S. Department of Agriculture an...

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Schools Will Soon Be Able To Opt Out Of 'Pink Slime' Beef

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 05.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Lean Finely Textured Beef, Ammonium Hydroxide, Video, Pink Slime Ground Beef, Food, Pink Slime, Usda, US Department of Agriculture, Pink-Slime-Beef-Products, Pink Slime Meat, Home News

PHILADELPHIA — The lunch lady won't be serving up "pink slime" anymore at several school districts around the country. Under a change announced...

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Global Food Security: The Biggest Challenge for Our World

Richard Attias | Posted 05.14.2012 | Impact
Read More: Yemen, Somalia, Unicef, Un, Global Food Security, US Department of Agriculture, Famine, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Impact News
Richard Attias

As climate change affects weather patterns across the globe, and political tensions flare up, food security will become one of the most pressing issues for the world's leaders to deal with.

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Feds Buying 7 Million Pounds Of 'Pink Slime' For School Lunches

Posted 03.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Pink Slime in Schools, Video, School Meals, Healthy School Lunches, Lean Beef Trimmings, School Lunches, Soylent Pink, Salmonella, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Pink Slime, Healthy School Meals, Usda, US Department of Agriculture, E. Coli, Pink Slime Meat, Home News

Pink slime -- that ammonia-treated meat in a bright Pepto-bismol shade -- may have been rejected by fast food joints like McDonald's, Taco Bell and Bu...

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