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Hoop House Grows Healthy Food, Combat Diabetes in a Nevada Food Desert

September 28, 2016 Heather Emmons, Nevada Public Affairs Officer, USDA-NRCS

Squeals of excitement and laughter competed with the sounds of power saws, drills and hammers at the Hungry Valley Child Care Center in Sparks, Nevada, as Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC) teens were handed power tools for the first time in their lives to assist with building a hoop house. As part of...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Farming

Proactive Efforts by U.S. Federal Agencies Enable Early Detection of New Antibiotic Resistance

May 26, 2016 David J. Smith, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight, Cathie Woteki, Ph. D., USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics; Beth P. Bell, MD MPH, Director of CDC’s National Center for Emerging a

Just over a year ago, President Obama released a National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. As part of that plan, he also charged the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with co-chairing a Presidential...

Research and Science

New Dietary Guidelines Support Healthy Choices for All Americans

January 07, 2016 Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Kevin W. Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Today, we are delighted to announce the release of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. We know that a lifetime of healthy eating helps to prevent chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, and Type 2 diabetes. The Dietary Guidelines provides a clear path for the...

Food and Nutrition

USDA Officials Participate in African American Policy Forum in Mississippi

June 29, 2012 Megan Pittman, USDA Rural Development Mississippi Public Information Coordinator

On Wednesday, June 13, the White House, in conjunction with Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hosted an African American Regional Policy Forum at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. This forum is...

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