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These "GAPs" in the Produce Industry Make for Safer Food Choices

July 14, 2016 Elanor Starmer, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

July is the height of summer grilling season and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety USDA Results

Fresh Produce - The Original Smart Snack

March 10, 2016 Hans Billger, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation (“The Alliance”) was founded as a response to the growing rate of childhood obesity. To combat this epidemic and to help make the healthy choice the easy choice, the Alliance created the Healthy Schools Program in 2006, launched in 231 schools in 13 states...

Food and Nutrition

Grooming New Women Leaders in the Fruit and Vegetable Industry

July 29, 2015 Dr. Melissa R. Bailey, AMS Fruit and Vegetable Program Associate Deputy Administrator

Meet Mariana Lizeth González Sánchez The future of agriculture is bright when looking at young people like Mariana Lizeth González Sánchez, a current member of the National Mango Board. With nearly 8 years’ experience in the mango industry, Sanchez is the manager of exports at EB International. In...

Conservation

Talking All Things Produce at the United Fresh Convention & Expo

June 17, 2015 Charles Parrott, Agricultural Marketing Service Fruit and Vegetable Program Deputy Administrator

The saying goes that change is the only thing that is constant. That certainly is the case in the produce industry where businesses are always looking to streamline processes and introduce new products to the market. Since my agency -- the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) -- provides...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety
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