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Food Insecurity and Disability – An Additional Risk Factor
Posted by Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Food Assistance Branch, Economic Research Service, on February 12, 2013 at 12:52 PM Family of three dines outdoors. ERS research found that among households that...
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Un Lugar en la Mesa Para Promotoras
Posted by Roxana U. Barillas, Subdirectora del Centro para Organizaciones Religiosas y Comunitarias del Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU., on February 19, 2013 at 1:45 PM La Clínica del Pueblo...
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You Say Tomato and I say Tomatoes and Soy!!!
Posted by Jennifer Martin, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, on March 19, 2013 at 1:44 PM This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we...
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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive May 11, 2013
This year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be on May 11, 2013 and the RCS Food Bank is in need of volunteers. Last year the RCS Food Bank collected food donations from three local area post offices‘...
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Improving Childhood Nutrition
Posted by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, on March 15, 2013 at 2:12 PM This week, we are renewing our efforts at USDA to encourage a generational shift to improve childhood nutrition. Today, too...
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A Little History of the Letter Carrier’s Food Drive
May 11, 2013 The NALC National Food Drive is the outgrowth of a tradition of community service exhibited repeatedly by members of the letter carriers union over the years. These carriers, who go into...
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Check Out The USDA’S SuperTracker Tab on the RCS Food Bank Blog
Check out the USDA’s SuperTracker tab on the RCS Food Bank Blog. Navigate to the main page and click on the USDA’s SuperTracker tab and watch the instructional video and start tracking your food....
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Sugar Sand & Sunsets VIP Dining Experience
Sugar Sand & Sunsets VIP Dining Experience April 19,20,21,26 & 28 from 6:00-9:00pm Pier 60, Clearwater Beach During the 10-day Frenchy’s Sugar Sand Festival (SugarSandFestival.com), the master...
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Robert Irvine and RCSPossible
A Dining experience with Food Network’s Robert Irvine Help RCS continue to empower the community through their Outreach Services for victims of domestic violence. By participating, you help the...
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Future School Cafeteria’s Full of Local Crops
Posted by Deborah Kane, National Director, USDA Farm to School Program, on April 2, 2013 at 3:49 PM Taking action in Ohio for healthy kids. I was recently invited to give a presentation at the 2nd...
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Stamp Out Hunger May 11, 2013
This year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be on May 11, 2013 and the RCS Food Bank is in need of volunteers. Last year the RCS Food Bank collected food donations from three local area post offices‘...
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The Idea of Community Gardens is Taking Root
Posted by Samia Hamdan, MPH, RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Midwest Region Special Nutrition Programs Nutritionist, on March 22, 2013 at 3:00 PM The Midwest Region encouraged interns to...
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Frenchy’s Sugar Sand Festival
Sugar Sand & Sunsets VIP Dining Experience April 19,20,21,26 & 28 from 6:00-9:00pm Pier 60, Clearwater Beach During the 10-day Frenchy’s Sugar Sand Festival (SugarSandFestival.com), the master...
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Stamp Out Hunger May 11, 2013
This year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be on May 11, 2013 and the RCS Food Bank is in need of volunteers. Last year the RCS Food Bank collected food donations from three local area post offices‘...
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BioFuels and Unlimited Oppurtunity
Posted by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, on February 8, 2013 at 12:20 PM At USDA, we’ve made record efforts in the past four years to support homegrown energy. This year, we’re looking ahead to a...
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Kids Like Healthy Options Too!!
Posted by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, on April 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM The U.S. Department of Agriculture works every day to improve childhood nutrition and combat obesity in order to raise a...
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Dinner With A Sunset
Sugar Sand & Sunsets VIP Dining Experience April 19,20,21,26 & 28 from 6:00-9:00pm Pier 60, Clearwater Beach During the 10-day Frenchy’s Sugar Sand Festival (SugarSandFestival.com), the master...
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Ask Your Letter Carrier for a Stamp Out Hunger Bag!!
This year’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be on May 11, 2013 and the RCS Food Bank is in need of volunteers. Last year the RCS Food Bank collected food donations from three local area post offices...
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Makeover for School Lunch Programs
Posted by Audrey Rowe, Food and Nutrition Service Administrator and Dave Shipman, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator, on April 9, 2013 at 12:00 PM The Patriot High School cafeteria in...
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U.S. Food Companies Looking To Healthfulness
Posted by Steve Martinez, Food Markets Branch, Economic Research Service, on April 16, 2013 at 1:17 PM ERS research on voluntary health and nutrition claims on over 7,000 recently introduced food and...
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