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• May 08, 2012 Connecting Farmers Markets to a New World of Opportunities

Editor’s note: Cross-posted from the USDA blog. A young boy looks over the fresh fruits and veggies with his mother at a farmers market in Mississippi. By listing their market in the National Farmers Market Directory, market managers open their market up new customers. Photo courtesy Natalie Maynor Spring is in the air and it’s [...]

• Apr 26, 2012 Introducing the Regional Food Hub Guide: An Innovative Tool for Growing Local Food Systems

Editor’s note: Cross-posted from the USDA blog. The new Regional Food Hub Resource Guide is a collection of information, resources and background on everything needed to develop or participate in a regional food hub. What can farmers and ranchers do if they’re interested in selling locally but don’t have the resources to run their own [...]

• Apr 24, 2012 USDA Announces New Farm to School Program to Improve the Health and Nutrition of Kids Receiving School Meals

Editor’s note: Cross-posted from the Let’s Move! blog.   USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan discovers “Abe Lincoln tomatoes” during her visit to Southern High School in Anne Arundel county, MD. Last week USDA released a new farm to school grant program designed to help give children a sense of where their food comes from and [...]

• Apr 05, 2012 Apply to Make a Difference: Farmers Market Promotion Program Grants Available

[Editor's note: Cross posted from the USDA blog.]  The Greensgrow Farms mobile food delivery system. With the help of an FMPP grant, Greensgrow Farms has used this truck to supply residents of the Camden/Philadelphia area with fresh, healthy, affordable foods. (Photo courtesy of Greensgrow Farms) Every day, thousands of local farmers and ranchers work hard [...]

• Apr 03, 2012 USDA and Hawai’i public charter school partner for local, traditional foods

On the southwest coast of the big island of Hawai‘i, USDA is partnering with Kona Pacific Public Charter School on a project to restore eight acres of land to the ancient Kona Field System of agriculture and then use traditional cultivation techniques to produce traditional foods for students and the community. In 2010, USDA Rural Development awarded [...]

 

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