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Fresh Foods Signal a Fresh Start for New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward
Fresh tomatoes for sale at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farmers Market celebration of the 2014 National Farmers Market Week at USDA in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. USDA...
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Building Partnerships for Diversity through the B.A.Y.O.U.
AMS helped to establish a meat processing plant on the Southern University campus, giving students hands-on learning and providing resources for USDA Meat Grading and Inspection trainings. AMS staff,...
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It’s Not Too Late to Celebrate National Farmers Market Week!
Communities like Hamburg, New York, pictured above, joined USDA in celebrating National Farmers Market Week. Their chamber of commerce shared #marketfav after #marketfav on Twitter all week. Photo...
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The Year of the Flood
Psylia King provides needed application information for D-SNAP benefits in Washington Parish, La. Incidents described as “thousand year storms and floods” and “the worst U.S. disaster since Hurricane...
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When Storm Clouds Darkened the Skies in Southern Louisiana, Extension...
The Healthy Homes Partnership is helping flood victims in Louisiana recover and rebuild. USDA photo (This guest blog describes how the Healthy Homes Partnership helped residents affected by recent...
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Providing Rural Housing Assistance for Louisiana Flood Survivors
Lafayette Area Technician Dianne Robert and her son, Elijah, help package food and supplies at their local shelter. Last month, many parts of Southern Louisiana were faced with disastrous flooding that...
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Gulf of Mexico Communities Depend on a Healthy Gulf
The Gulf Coast ecosystem is vital to our nation and our economy. The Gulf Coast ecosystem is vital to our nation and our economy, providing valuable energy resources, abundant seafood, extraordinary...
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Louisiana’s Secret Ingredient
Judges deliberate during the Central Louisiana Farm to School Iron Chef Competition. On October 22, the newest celebrity chefs of Alexandria, La. gathered at the Inglewood Farm’s Harvest Barn Market to...
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NRCS Keeps Native American Traditions Alive
NRCS Soil Conservation Technician Allen Hughes mailed longleaf pine needles from his backyard to Oregon to be used to weave baskets, a Native American tradition across the U.S. Photo: Justin Fritscher,...
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USDA and HHS Partnered this Summer to Help Human Trafficking Survivors in...
Elvis Cordova, Acting Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, addressing the North Dakota Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Task Force in Bismarck,...
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