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Nutrition Programs

August 12, 2024

USDA is responsible for providing a safety net for millions of Americans who are food-insecure and for developing and promoting dietary guidance based on scientific evidence. USDA works to increase food security and reduce hunger by providing children and low-income people access to food, a...

Fact Sheet: USDA Assistance to Residents Affected by the Water Emergency in Flint, Michigan

February 10, 2016

USDA is committed to assisting residents affected by the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. While the water emergency in Flint remains primarily a public health crisis addressed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, USDA is committed to using all resources available to assist in the...

Farmers’ Markets by the White House Hosts National Farmers Week and World Breastfeeding Week Festivities

August 17, 2011 Katie Koh, Intern for the Let’s Move! Initiative

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: On August 4, the Farmers Market by the White House was bustling with individuals celebrating World Breastfeeding Week and National Farmers Market Week. The festival’s purpose was to recognize the value of farmers markets and the role that nutritious fruits and...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

USDA Improves the WIC Shopping Experience to Better Serve our Nation's Low-Income, New and Expecting Mothers and Their Young Children

February 29, 2016

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2016 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a major step to make it easier for participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to access nutritious foods. The WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Final Rule will...

Secretary Rollins Applauds President Trump’s Leadership to Make America Healthy Again

May 22, 2025

(Washington, D.C., May 22, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today joined President Donald J. Trump in releasing the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Report at the White House. The report is a call to evaluate the many reasons American families, particularly...

USDA Launches Initiative to Develop New Solutions to End Child Hunger

March 2, 2015

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2015 – In a speech at the 2015 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference today about the extent of childhood hunger in America and the impact of USDA programs on reducing food insecurity, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced more than $27 million in grants to fund innovative...

Now What? 5 Ways to Use Leftover Turkey

November 21, 2016 Corey Holland, RD, Nutritionist Consultant, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

This week, many Americans will gather together with friends and family to celebrate Thanksgiving. When the fun is done, you may be left with more turkey than you anticipated. MyPlate is here to help with these unique ways to use up those leftovers!

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

FNCS Supports Food Sovereignty of Tribal Nations

August 01, 2023 Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services

Summer is a beautiful time to travel the country and visit with partners, and I am delighted, humbled and honored to have visited the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe last month. It was inspiring and impressive to see how the tribes...

Equity Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

Ensuring Program Integrity in the WIC Program

August 05, 2015 Sarah Widor, WIC Program Integrity Branch Chief, Food and Nutrition Service

For more than 40 years, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has provided supplemental foods and nutrition services vital to the health and nutrition of vulnerable moms, newborns and young children. And throughout those four decades, we’ve had a long...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Food and Nutrition Initiatives Thrive in the Windy City

July 27, 2011 Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary, USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

During my recent trip to Chicago, I had the great fortune to visit several places that were doing tremendous work with many of USDA’s nutrition programs. One of the first stops was to a local school where children were really excited to learn more about where their food comes from.