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Food Safety This Holiday Season

December 21, 2011 Kathleen Sebelius and Tom Vilsack

Cross posted from the White House blog: With the holiday season in full swing, many of us are thinking about the meals we’ll soon be sharing with family and friends. Whether it’s turkey and egg nog, or latkes, or a New Year’s buffet, food is always a central and cherished part of the festivities. Of...

Health and Safety

DC Quake Rocked the District, but the Tweets Rolled On

December 21, 2011 Rebecca Frank, New Media Content Specialist, Office of Communications

Number seven on our list of Social Media Moments was our August Twitter chat with Food and Nutrition Service’s Under Secretary, Kevin Concannon and ABC’s Dr. Richard Besser. This edition of Dr. Besser’s weekly live chat addressed hunger in America and allowed audience members to pose questions to...

Food and Nutrition

Ag Producers Improve Two Coastal Bayous in Mississippi Through New Gulf of Mexico Initiative

December 21, 2011 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

For Kiln, Miss. resident David Koch, there’s a lot of truth to the expression “everything runs downstream.” Koch’s land borders Rotten Bayou, and he has made great strides to ensure no pollutants wash off his land and into the bayou, which feeds the Gulf of Mexico.

Conservation