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REMINDER: Registration Opens Tomorrow to Provide Oral Public Comments to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 - 12:21pm

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture invite the public to provide oral comments to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee virtually during its third meeting on September 12-13, 2023. Registration is required and will open tomorrow, August 10, 2023, at 10 a.m...

From Sky to Soil: Young Agricultural Leaders Nourish FAS Satellite Data with Grassroots Truth

USDA Blog

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 - 9:07am

Accurate crop mapping is a crucial process to informing reliable crop production estimates, addressing climate change, and developing strategies for sustainable agriculture...

Majority of Americans report high rate of food satisfaction

Purdue University Agriculture News

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 - 12:00am

Consumers who report they are most satisfied with their food consumption also spend the lowest share of their incomes on food, according to the latest Consumer Food Insights Report. The report’s July 2023 survey also asked consumers how they feel about beef from cattle compared to three meat... Read More

Secretaries Vilsack and Haaland Applaud President Biden’s Designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

USDA News

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 2:40pm

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2023 — Today, President Biden established the Baaj...

USDA Celebrates National Farmers Market Week

USDA Blog

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 12:02pm

Secretary Vilsack proclaimed August 6-12, 2023, as National Farmers Market Week to celebrate the growth and impact of farmers markets and their vital role in America’s food supply chain. This year, USDA is...

A Vision Realized: 10 Years of USDA Climate Hubs and the People Who Made It Happen

USDA Blog

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 9:39am

In June 2013, Secretary Vilsack outlined a vision for agricultural solutions to environmental challenges, which included creating the Regional Climate Hubs. In 2014,...

Arequipa Nexus Institute in Peru receives $4 million for phase 3 funding

Purdue University Agriculture News

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 8:00am

The multiphase collaboration Arequipa Nexus Institute for Food, Energy, Water and the Environment has received funding for a third phase of projects from Universidad Nacional de San Agustín. Launched in March 2018 by UNSA in Arequipa, Peru, and Purdue University, the institute is an innovative... Read More

Indiana farmland prices continue to rise in 2023

Purdue University Agriculture News

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 12:00am

Indiana farmland prices once again hit record highs in 2023, according to the recent Purdue Farmland Value and Cash Rents Survey. Statewide, the average price of top-quality farmland averaged $13,739 per acre, up 7.3% from June 2022. Average- and poor-quality farmland increased 5.8% and 0.7% to $11... Read More

USDA Invests Nearly $30 Million to Boost School Nutrition in 264 Small & Rural Communities through Partnership with Action for Healthy Kids

USDA News

Monday, August 7, 2023 - 1:30pm

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2023 – As part of a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, Action for Healthy Kids today announced that it...

Hard Work and Perseverance Pay Off for USDA/1890 National Scholar

USDA Blog

Monday, August 7, 2023 - 10:07am

California native Floyd D. Harris III knows that perseverance and hard work pay off. A recent graduate of Southern University, an 1890 land-grant university in Louisiana, Harris applied several times to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/...