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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, November 24, 2009 - USDA today issued a study which shows how successful each State is in reaching families eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and that state-by-state participation rates in SNAP varied widely. According to Reaching Those in Need: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2007, the latest annually released report,...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | yesterday
The initiative comes at a time when the USDA reports that the current level of hunger in America is at the highest it has been since 1995. The 2008 Household Food Security Report found that the number of households experiencing food insecurity jumped more than 11% from 13 million households in 2007 to 17 million in 2008, and that an estimated 1.1 million children lived in households that experienced...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 17 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today testified in front of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Environment on the opportunities to combat child hunger and improve the health and nutrition of children across the country during the upcoming reauthorization of USDA's Child Nutrition Programs. Below are excerpts from Vilsack's prepared testimony:...
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MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It is the bleakest of news. In this country of plenty and nearly at the eve of our national celebration of thanks and remembrance, the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack reported that 49 million Americans, or one in six, face food insecurity. The number represents a 36 percent rise year over year. Food stamps are now at all time record use with some 36 million Americans receiving a monthly assistance....
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Truthdig (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
That recession is over statement looks more unfortunate every day. The USDA disclosed Monday that a little more than 49 million Americans had trouble putting food on the table last year—the highest percentage since the government began keeping track in 1995, up 13 million people from the previous year. Food insecurity was a problem before the economic meltdown, and things have obviously gotten...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
"The Obama Administration has put in place unprecedented measures to promote job creation and combat hunger in our Nation, a problem that the American sense of fairness should not tolerate and American ingenuity can overcome, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "The Department of Agriculture's nutrition assistance programs provide a safety net that improves food access to those with critical...
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Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Via Balloon Juice comes this : The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track, according to a federal report released Monday that shows particularly steep increases in food scarcity among families with children. In 2008, the report found, nearly 17 million children -- more than one in...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Completion of the project had been delayed for many years due to lack of funding but the infusion of ARRA funds allowed rebuilding to go forward. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District, is re-designing a concrete canal to mimic a natural water way as a result of Recovery Act funding. Flooding in the Lower Silver Creek area has been a...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
"FAO is the United Nations' organization whose mandate is to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, improve agricultural productivity, promote rural development and, ultimately, provide all people at all times with access to the food they need for an active and healthy life," said Merrigan. "This is the first time in 20 years that the United States will chair this ministerial...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
"The selected projects will help make bioenergy production from renewable resources more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable," said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. "This work will also benefit rural America by leading to new processing plants and new opportunities for U.S. farmers and foresters." Washington, DC – The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 - Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will partner with the Department of Defense to form the Extension-Military Partnership, which will bring the extension expertise of land-grant universities to military family support programs. USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics Rajiv Shah made the announcement today at the National Leadership...
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Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009 - The USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced they are streamlining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's broadband grant and loan programs by awarding the remaining funding in just one more round, instead of two rounds, to increase efficiency and better accommodate...
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wineandfoodtube | 06/03/2008
In Sarrion, Spain the truffle growers are under strict control by the Aragon department of agriculture, some 15,000 oak seedlings a year receive the corresponding mycorrhization (inoculation with T. melanosporum spores) treatment before being planted. It will take some five years before the first truffles appear. Every Sunday from around December 15th through to March 15th there is a fresh truffle...
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