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Kicking Off National Summer Food Service Program Week: Closing the Summer Meal Gap

June 11, 2012 Kevin Concannon, USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

Today marks the 2nd annual National Summer Food Service Program Kick Off Week (June 11-15). During the school year, more than 21 million children receive free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch through the School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs. But when school is out, many low...

Food and Nutrition

A Clear Answer to Clean Water

June 07, 2012 Dave White, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Cross posted from the White House Council on Environmental Quality blog: How important is water? Well, it’s not a question I have to think too hard about. What I can tell you is that without it, there wouldn’t be any humans or critters roaming the earth.

Conservation

The Food Safety Discovery Zone Wraps Up Its Spring 2012 Southeastern Tour

June 07, 2012 Luis Delgadillo, Food Safety Discovery Zone Driver, Food Safety and Inspection Service

The USDA’s Food Safety Discovery Zone has finished its spring 2012 tour, taking hands-on food safety lessons across the Southeast. Stopping in the smallest towns and big cities like Dallas, we were able to educate over 175,000 people on preventing foodborne illness. Real food safety experts who work...

Health and Safety

Create Your Own Cookbook with the SNAP-Ed Connection Recipe Finder!

June 07, 2012 Rachel Tobin, MS, RD, SNAP-Ed Connection, Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, USDA

Are you an educator looking for a unique new way to motivate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to eat healthfully and cook more at home? Or do you just love browsing, collecting, and arranging new recipes? Either way, you’re going to appreciate the latest feature added to...

Food and Nutrition