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Estimating the State-Level Food Expenditure Series

The USDA, Economic Research Service’s Food Expenditure Series (FES) is a comprehensive measure of the total value of food acquired in the United States over time.


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SNAP E&T Program Creates Opportunities and Incentivizes Work

Most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants who can work already do. SNAP’s food assistance benefits are critical to helping these workers put food on the table as the jobs they hold often pay low wages, offer unreliable hours, and don’t provide benefits like paid sick leave.


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Integrating Nutrition into Healthcare in the Midwest

Can you imagine a day when healthcare is mostly proactive as opposed to reactive? Imagine if everyone has access to the vital conditions for health and wellbeing:


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Easier Enrollment in WIC Leads to Healthier Moms and Kids

WIC is one of the most powerful, evidence-based public health programs, setting moms, babies, and young kids up to be healthy and thrive.


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Integrating Nutrition into Healthcare in the Midwest

Release: By Sandra MacMartin, Public Affairs Specialist, FNS Midwest Region with Guest Author, Amanda Sweetman, Regional Director of Farming and Healthy Lifestyles for the Farm at Trinity Health.


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Sorghum Bran Rises as an Ingredient for Enhancing Gluten-Free Bread

Sorghum bran, often a low-cost byproduct of sorghum milling, can enhance gluten-free bread's nutritional value without compromising its flavor, according to a study published in the Journal of Food Science.


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Easier Enrollment in WIC Leads to Healthier Moms and Kids

Release: By Janna Kimosh, Public Affairs Branch Chief, USDAs Food and Nutrition Service.


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Putting the CO in Co-located Services

By Shavana Howard, Senior Advisor, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services


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Ways to Get Involved with the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

By HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service


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School Breakfast: A Jump Start to a Great Day

Release: By Tony Craddock, Jr., Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service.


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Keeping Corn from Frequenting the Phosphorus Buffet Line

News Release: When it comes to food, plants can "eat" more than they need-just like the diner who can't resist another stop at the buffet line despite already feeling full. Indeed, with respect to phosphorus, corn plants will keep taking up the nutrient 25 to 80 percent beyond what's needed to reach their full grain yield, scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in West Lafayette, Indiana, have found.


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Variety Trials Improving Gardens

Gardening has always been popular in the United States, but the last few years have brought millions of new people to gardening.


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Ways to Get Involved with the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Release: By HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDA Food and Nutrition Service.


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Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil from Blight

The following story originally was published by Rutgers University and is reprinted here with permission.


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Keeping Corn from Frequenting the Phosphorus Buffet Line

When it comes to food, plants can "eat" more than they need—just like the diner who can't resist another stop at the buffet line despite already feeling full.


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School Breakfast: A Jump Start to a Great Day

How you start your day sets the tone for the rest of your day! School breakfast programs are critical in building a healthier future for America’s children.


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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Arkansas Disaster Areas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Arkansas residents in three counties (Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski), recovering from the impacts of tornadoes and severe storms beginning March 31, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).


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USDA Announces Funding Availability to Expand Meat and Poultry Processing Options for Underserved Producers and Tribal Communities

Up to $125 million through two grant programs will increase choices for producers, including new capacity for indigenous meat processing to support tribal food systems


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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Arkansas Disaster Areas

Release: WASHINGTON, April 24, 2023 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Arkansas residents in three counties (Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski), recovering from the impacts of tornadoes and severe storms beginning March 31, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDAs Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).


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Sorghum Bran Rises as an Ingredient for Enhancing Gluten-Free Bread

News Release: Sorghum Bran Rises as an Ingredient for Enhancing Gluten-Free Bread.