Nutrition

By Amanda Cundiff, Forest Service Region 5 Partnership Coordinator and Lara Polansky, Forest Service Presidential Management FellowIn Vallejo, California, on a decommissioned Naval Shipyard called Mare Island, something good has emerged from hard times: a new community coalition to build and sustain...

By Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, USDA

By Liz Sawyer, reporter, Waterford Kettering High School newspaper

By Audrey Rowe, FNS Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs I’ve had a chance to see a great deal of impressive schools during my tour of the country to speak about Child Nutrition Reauthorization. My recent visit to Waterford Village Elementary was no exception. Witnessing their...

Darlene Barnes, Mountain Plains Regional Administrator, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service

Blog by Dr. Lynn Harvey, Ed.D., RD, LDN, FADA Section Chief, Child Nutrition Services, Division of School Support, NC Department of Public Instruction

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from the USDA's rich science and research portfolio.

By Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, USDA Exploring creative avenues to nourish a nation is a great to start any week. And that’s exactly what USDA Deputy Secretary Merrigan and I had the opportunity to do this Monday (May 10, 2010) during the first...

By Sammi Citron, News Services Information Assistant

USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon On Friday, I had the opportunity to join a celebration of the 5 th anniversary of Riverside Unified School District’s internationally recognized Farmers’ Market Salad Bar Program in Riverside, Cali. The successful...