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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Mississippi Disaster Areas
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Mississippi residents in six counties (Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, Montgomery, Panola, and Sharkey) due to the impact of severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that began on March 24, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
Engaging Community Volunteers Helps Reduce Food Insecurity in Montana
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
Growing Together Montana provided mini-grants of up to $2,000 to Master Gardeners and communities to start, convert or maintain gardens for the purpose of donating fruits and vegetables to food pantries or other organizations.
USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for California Disaster Areas
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income California residents in seven counties (Kern, Mariposa, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Tulare, and Tuolumne) recovering from the impact of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on Feb. 21, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
Food Help on the Way for Arkansas Households Hit by Tornadoes and Severe Storms
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
Approximately 7,000 families in Cross and Pulaski County affected by recent tornadoes and severe storms will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods that are 100% grown and produced on farms in the U.S. – known as USDA Foods.
Three Days in Michigan
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 19, 2023
By Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
USDA Continues to Modernize, Innovate WIC Program to Improve Maternal, Child Health
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
Release: Washington -The Department of Agricultures Food and Nutrition Service is announcing a series of grant opportunities funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 aimed at innovating and modernizing the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC. These projects...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service publishes 11 press releases or notices in March
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
There were 11 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service in March.
USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for California Disaster Areas
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
Release: WASHINGTON, April 13, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income California residents in seven counties (Kern, Mariposa, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Tulare, and Tuolumne) recovering from the impact of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on Feb. 21, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDAs Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service publishes four press releases in January
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
There were four press releases published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service in January.
USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Mississippi Disaster Areas
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
Release: WASHINGTON, April 13, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Mississippi residents in six counties (Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, Montgomery, Panola, and Sharkey) due to the impact of severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes that began on March 24, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDAs Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
Register for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees Second Meeting on May 10
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
Release: By HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
Scientists Evaluate Potential Human Cannabinol Exposure from Consuming Meat if Cattle is Fed Hempseed Cake
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Scientists from the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) recently found that when cattle were fed with the industrial hemp byproduct, hempseed cake, very low levels of Cannabis chemicals (cannabinoids) were retained in muscle, liver, kidney, and fat tissues.
Food Help on the Way for Arkansas Households Hit by Tornadoes and Severe Storms
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
Release: WASHINGTON, April 11, 2023 Approximately 7,000 families in Cross and Pulaski County affected by recent tornadoes and severe storms will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods that are 100% grown and produced on farms in the U.S. known as USDA Foods. USDA approved the short-term measure to address an immediate need for food until a longer-term solution is ready to be put in place.
Three Days in Michigan
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
Release: By Stacy Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
USDA Researchers Develop Natural, Washable Antimicrobial Cleaning Wipes
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, April 11, 2023 - Most antimicrobial wipes, which are predominantly made of synthetic fibers like polyester and polypropylene, are discarded after a single use and end up in landfills where they can stay for hundreds of years and become a source of environmental microplastic fiber pollution.
USDA-ARS Now Stewarding the Rangeland Analysis Platform
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2023
News Release: United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will now manage the scientific and technological advancements of the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP), a dataset with an interactive online mapping tool that allows users to access more than three decades of vegetation and production trends across the United States.
Celebrating World Health Day Extension Program Efforts
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 10, 2023
Some Land-grant Institutions and Universities (LGUs) are addressing the challenges of physical inactivity and poor diet.
Southern Region Land-grant Researchers Finding Feral Hog Solutions
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 10, 2023
The following story first was published on the LSU AgCenter News webpage. It is reprinted here with permission.
NIFA Invests $300K in Response to Extreme Weather Events Across the U.S.
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 10, 2023
NIFA has funded — through the Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a hurricane-related project at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.
NIFA Invests $5M for Higher Education Challenge
By USDA Newswire Report | Apr 10, 2023
The purpose of the Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, to respond to identified state, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences, or in rural economic, community, and business development.