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Partnering for Healthier Schools: PTA Leads the Way on Healthy Food in Virginia School

September 20, 2012 Sally Jacober-Brown, Public Affairs Specialist Mid-Atlantic Region

Matoaka Elementary School isn’t the biggest school, or the oldest. But it does have a Parent Teacher Association that takes student health very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that one committee is completely devoted to helping kids and families develop Healthy Lifestyles! “There were a few PTA...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

Fifth Graders Celebrate “Inspire Education Day” at Iowa Boyhood Farm of Norman Borlaug

September 20, 2012 Bill Menner, USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa

On Friday, September 14 school buses lined the yard outside a one-room schoolhouse in rural Howard County, Iowa. More than 300 fifth grade students from area school districts had come to learn about Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug at the farm on which he was born and raised.

Initiatives Rural

A Promise Kept in Dillon, South Carolina

September 18, 2012 USDA Deputy Director of Communications Justin DeJong

More than 800 students, teachers, elected officials and community leaders were present at the new Dillon Middle School dedication on Thursday morning, September 6th. Several years ago, a letter was written to Congress pleading for help to replace the 100 year old dilapidated school by then-eight...

Initiatives Rural

USDA Expands 2013 Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program To Include Graduate Students

September 18, 2012 Brenda Chapin, Office of the Chief Economist

USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum provides students with a unique opportunity next February to meet leaders and discuss timely issues at the forefront of America’s agriculture. In 2007, the Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program was launched for junior-senior baccalaureate students to...

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Earth Team Volunteer Sprouts New People’s Gardens in South Mississippi

September 17, 2012 Justin Fritscher, NRCS Mississippi

When horticulturist Christine Coker first learned of the People’s Garden Initiative, she searched for a registered garden in her coastal Mississippi community. Secretary Vilsack began the People's Garden Initiative—the name references President Lincoln’s description of USDA as the “People’s...

Conservation Initiatives

Ag Entrepreneurship Support from USDA Helps a Michigan FFA Member Boost His Seed Business

September 17, 2012 Wayne Maloney, USDA Communications Coordinator

Jasper Cunningham is a busy young man. A Junior at Michigan State University, Michigan FFA’s National Officer candidate, and the owner of his own business: the Seed Boy Seed Company. Like many FFA members, Jasper, of Ravenna, Michigan, didn’t grow up on a farm, but farming and agriculture is in his...

Initiatives Rural

Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl Trek Across the Nation on “Home Sweet Home” Exhibit

September 13, 2012 Deidra L. McGee, Forest Service Office of Communication

Since 2009, Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl have been making the rounds from coast to coast on a green-built, interactive traveling exhibit called Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home created by the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in collaboration with the Forest Service. The educational exhibit...

Initiatives Forestry

FAS Food for Education Program Fuels Food for Thought

September 13, 2012 Erin Tindell, Foreign Agricultural Service Public Affairs Specialist

As summer break winds down, children around the world prepare for a new school year. But for some children, going to school is more than making new friends and learning new subjects; it’s an opportunity to eat a full, nutritious meal. The Foreign Agricultural Service’s (FAS) McGovern-Dole Food for...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition Trade

Making School Days Healthier in Miami

September 11, 2012 FNCS Under Secretary Kevin Concannon

I recently had the pleasure of visiting North Beach Elementary School in Miami to recognize 177 schools in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District for their efforts to promote good nutrition and physical activity to their students. All 177 schools achieved Bronze Awards in the HealthierUS...

Initiatives Food and Nutrition

Recognizing the Importance of Grandparents

September 11, 2012 Jill Lee, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Evelyn Eagleman, 63, remembers driving the long distance off Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, Mont., to rescue her grandson when he was two. His father was serving in the military and his mother had been arrested on drug charges. The boy needed a new start. She brought the child home to Rocky Boy...

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