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In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Katina Hanson

October 31, 2016 Jessica McCarron, Deputy Press Secretary

Every month, USDA shares the story of a woman in agriculture who is leading the industry and helping other women succeed along the way. This month, we hear from USDA’s own Katina Hanson, Chief of Staff to the Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs at the Farm Service Agency (FSA). In...

Initiatives

Farm to School Goes Year Round in the Northeast

October 07, 2016 Danielle Fleury, USDA Northeast Regional Farm to School Lead and Katina Kefalas, Program Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Northeast Regional Office

Over the past few summers, sponsors of USDA’s Summer Meals Programs have been elevating meal quality and encouraging program participation by serving seasonal menus, utilizing high quality ingredients, and providing nutrition education activities. We’ve heard of such farm to summer activities – the...

Food and Nutrition

Service, Partnership Key to Summer Meals Success

October 02, 2015 Tony Craddock, Jr., Program Analyst, Food and Nutrition Service

The following guest blog highlights the partnership between USDA and the Corporation for National and Community Service, which leverages the service-oriented energy of AmeriCorps summer associates to expand and enhance USDA summer meal sites for children in low-income communities. USDA summer meals...

Food and Nutrition

An NRCS Earth Team Volunteer Gives Her Perspective

August 20, 2015 Raquel MacSwain, Volunteer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Minnesota

I experience a sense of passion and pride towards something greater than myself every time I volunteer with an organization that directly benefits others, such as serving with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as an Earth Team Volunteer. I have been with NRCS since 2008 –...

Conservation

Inner-city Baltimore Youth make Special Visit to Boulder-White Clouds in Idaho

December 22, 2014 Kristina Bell, Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer Resources, U.S. Forest Service

On a chilly Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., local employees, partners, and visitors took refuge from the cold outside for a special film-screening event in USDA’s Jefferson Auditorium, “Engaging the Next Generation of Conservation Stewards.” Five short films debuted to an audience of more than...

Forestry

Happy Birthday AmeriCorps!

September 12, 2014 Wendy Wasserman, USDA Office of Communications

As AmeriCorps celebrates its 20 th anniversary, USDA salutes the deep relationship we’ve had with these remarkable volunteers and service members. From engaging in critical natural conservation efforts to helping kids learn more about nutrition and gardening to working directly with local...

Conservation Food and Nutrition Forestry

Secretary's Column: Serving Up Healthy Food and a Healthier Next Generation

March 21, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

This article was originally posted on ServiceNation.org. Read the original here . As Secretary of Agriculture, I take USDA’s nickname of the “People’s Department”—first coined by President Abraham Lincoln—to heart. Over the past five years, we have worked hard to build upon our tradition of service...

Food and Nutrition Initiatives

Let's Help Kids Eat Healthy!

April 21, 2011 Edward Mekeel, USDA FNS Public Affairs Specialist, Southwest Regional Office

Seeing the results of Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs up close is always an amazing experience as an FNS employee. In this case, I had that opportunity in Dallas recently at the Jubilee Park & Community Center. Founded in 1997, along with AmeriCorps, Habitat for Humanity and several faith...

Food and Nutrition
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