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USDA's Disaster Mapping Team Provides Data in the Most Critical Times

September 20, 2023 Terry Matlock, Public Affairs Specialist, National Agricultural Statistics Service September 20, 2023

As we observe September as National Preparedness Month, it is important to remember that being prepared is the most important thing you can do to assist in dealing with any disaster or emergency. Unfortunately, no amount of preparation will stop a natural disaster or emergency from occurring, but...

Research and Science

Critical Need to Increase Food Security in Rural Alaska

September 20, 2023 Cindy Long, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Administrator September 13, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring families have consistent and equitable access to healthy, safe, and affordable foods—an effort highlighted during the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, held last year.

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

Connecting Kids To Meals: A Valued Resource For Kids In Northwest Ohio

May 22, 2023 Sandra MacMartin, Public Affairs Specialist, FNS Midwest Region with Guest Author, Wendi R. Huntley, President and CEO, Connecting Kids to Meals

Connecting Kids to Meals, known as CKM, is a nonprofit agency in Toledo, Ohio that provides healthy meals at no cost to at-risk kids in low-income and underserved areas of Northwest Ohio. With a nearly 20-year history of feeding hungry kids, the critical work of CKM becomes more important every day.

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

USDA Climate Hubs Go Global

May 22, 2023 Aleksey Minchenkov, Communications Director, Foreign Agricultural Service

For more than a decade, USDA’s Climate Hubs has been at the forefront of supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts for U.S. farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners. Last week, the department significantly boosted its efforts globally, by launching the International Climate Hub.

Climate