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Big Day in the Big D – 154 schools receive HealthierUS School Challenge awards

June 03, 2011 Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog. May 25 was a fabulous day in Dallas as I presented 154 HealthierUS School Challenge awards to schools of the Dallas Independent School District – the greatest number to a single school district thus far. 78 schools received gold awards and another 76 earned...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

Farmers Market Promotion Program: Expanding Food Access Through Direct Marketing

June 03, 2011 Rayne Pegg, Administrator, USDA AMS Farmers Market Promotion Program on June 3, 2011

As the opening of this season’s USDA Farmers Market occurs today in Washington, D.C., Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced approximately $10 million is available to expand direct marketing opportunities and help to eliminate food deserts and increase food access in low-income...

Food and Nutrition Farming