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Sazón y Salud: Goya apoya al programa nutricional MiPlato

June 25, 2012 Jessica Larson, USDA Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Goya, la compañía hispana de comida más grande en los Estados Unidos, es parte de la campaña de la Primera Dama Michelle Obama ¡A Moverse! (Let’s Move!) la cual está enfocada en motivar a los padres de familia a tener una vida saludable para ellos y sus familias. Al asociarse con el nuevo ícono...

Spanish Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Being All You Can Bean with Goya

June 25, 2012 Jessica Larson, USDA Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Goya, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, is part of the First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! movement to empower parents to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. It is partnering with USDA’s new icon, MyPlate/MiPlato, that reminds consumers to build...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

USDA Highlights Efforts to Give Tribes the Tools to Improve Basic Services

June 25, 2012 Janie Hipp, Senior Advisor to Secretary Vilsack, Office of Tribal Relations

When you woke up this morning, chances are you turned on a light, took a shower in your bathroom, brushed your teeth with running water and checked the Internet. For too many people in Indian Country, this simple daily process is currently unattainable. Services most Americans take for granted are...

Rural

USDA RD helps A Small Arizona Town Improve Street Safety

June 25, 2012 Dianna Jennings Arizona Rural Development Special Projects Coordinator

A construction worker at the curb and gutter project in the Yaqui community of Guadalupe, Arizona. The project was funded in part with a Rural Development Community Facilities grant. There is something sweet and quaint about the small town of Guadalupe, Arizona. The 5,000 plus residents are mostly...

Rural

Programa de Servicios de Alimentos de Verano Cubre Necesidades en el Centro Healing Waters en Colorado

June 25, 2012 Kevin Concannon, Subsecretario Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Siendo partícipe en la inauguración de la semana nacional dedicada al Programa de Alimentos de Verano (SFSP, por sus siglas en inglés) que se llevo a cabo del 11 al 15 de Junio, estuve en Denver, Colorado, donde visité dos centros de comida estupendos.

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Summer Food Service Program Fills Need at Healing Waters Center in Colorado

June 25, 2012 Kevin Concannon
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

As part of the national Summer Food Service Program Kickoff (SFSP) Week June 11-15, I was in Denver, Colorado, and visited two great Colorado SFSP sites. One of those sites was in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, just west of downtown Denver. Healing Waters Family Center has a 90 percent Hispanic congregation...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety Initiatives

Secretary's Column: Healthy, Affordable Meals for Our Children This Summer

June 01, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

As final school bells ring and students across our nation start summer break, the last thing on a parent’s mind should be how they’re going to provide nutritious meals for a child. During the school year, USDA plays an integral role in being sure our children have enough to eat. Through the National...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Celebrates National Homeownership Month

June 01, 2012 Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary for Rural Development

Today, June 1, is the first day of National Homeownership Month, which is celebrated each June to highlight the important role housing plays in creating jobs, maintaining viable rural communities and contributing to the economy.

Rural

USDA – Helping Veterans Continue Their Public Service Careers

June 01, 2012 Douglas Keeler, AMS Poultry Programs Associate Deputy Administrator

After finishing their military careers, many veterans envision continuing their government careers at the Department of Defense (DOD) or another defense-related organization. True heroes with a passion for serving their country, these veterans often feel these are the only places where they can...

Initiatives

Celebrating South Carolina Wetlands

June 01, 2012 Amy Overstreet, NRCS South Carolina

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in South Carolina recently celebrated National Wetlands Month with an event that recognized three private landowners whose properties are enrolled in the agency’s Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP).

Conservation