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29 May 2010, 2:59 am
This week, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled new  resources meant to foster increased participation and expanded access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).New promotional materials entitled "We Welcome SNAP Benefits" will be displayed in participating retailers nationwide. [read post]
1 May 2013, 9:19 am by Susan Schneider
I teach a unit on USDA discrimination each year in my class.Discrimination in the delivery of USDA programs is a painful and complex subject. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 7:29 am
Yesterday the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced China and the United States reached an agreement "to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. pork and pork products. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
The number 2 food safety story of the year concerned USDA's regulatory bottleneck:Abe Lincoln saw the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) created with his signature in 1862 as "the people's department" with no need for its executive officer to be in the President's cabinet.The new department would operate like the Agricultural Division of the Patent Office that preceded it, without a… [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 12:18 pm by Jana Caracciolo
On August 23, the Agricultural Marketing Service (“AMS”), an agency housed within the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), published a... [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 1:04 pm by Jana Caracciolo
On August 9, 2022 the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a... [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 1:34 pm by Jana Caracciolo
Recently, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), initiated several cooperative agreement programs... [read post]
23 May 2023, 8:23 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The new hub builds on the experience with 10 regional Climate Hubs throughout the United States and the Caribbean to compile, share and significantly expand knowledge, understanding, and implementation of climate-smart agriculture and forestry practices in the United States. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:26 pm by David
  The Committee then reports its findings to the Secretaries of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is relocating USDA’s economic research units and 85 percent of their jobs to the greater Kansas City area. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 7:37 am
The Chairman issued this statement when the report came out on Tuesday, one the eve of the committee hearing on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act: “The 2008 food insecurity report released today by the United States Department of Agriculture is a sobering reminder that there are tens of millions of Americans struggling through one of the worst economic recessions in recent memory. [read post]
5 Feb 2017, 11:08 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Seven states currently require pet stores to source puppies from breeders with clean USDA inspection reports, according to the Humane Society of the United States — a requirement that could now be impossible to meet. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 4:14 am
It is nothing more than - in my view - the Department of Agriculture spending taxpayer dollars on a forum to provide the Humane Society of the United States a public forum to espouse its anti-agricultural views. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 5:18 pm
From the FCC: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today provided additional information regarding the Rural Broadband workshop to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 20, 2008. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 11:16 am by scopper
On September 9, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced their intent to... [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 12:00 pm by Micah Brown
Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) established a new program known as the Transitional and Organic Grower Assistance (“TOGA”)... [read post]
28 Jan 2022, 11:28 am by Jana Caracciolo
The Economic Research Service (ERS), an agency housed within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), explains food insecurity “is a... [read post]
18 Feb 2022, 12:36 pm by Brigit Rollins
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) around 70% of farm workers are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (“BIPOC”).... [read post]
10 Jun 2021, 1:23 pm by Brigit Rollins
A farmer in South Dakota has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) alleging that its wetland... [read post]