The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service is offering four food safety tips to ensure a healthy and safe holiday season, the agency said.
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First Nations Development Institute Receives $200,000 USDA-NRCS Grant for Ag and Food Training
First Nations Development Institute has received a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service grant of $200,000 for a broad effort to increase the capacity of Native American farmers, ranchers and tribal communities so they can advance their farming or ranching businesses, or so tribal communities can work more effectively to improve local control of community food systems. Under the grant, First Nations will conduct various in-person trainings and workshops, plus online webinars, for Native farmers, ranchers, tribal departments, nonprofit organizations, food entrepreneurs and others that will focus on business-management systems and techniques.
Zoetis Receives USDA License For CYTOPOINT
Zoetis Inc . today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted the company a license for CYTOPOINTa , the first monoclonal antibody therapy approved to help provide sustained control of the clinical signs associated with atopic dermatitis in dogs.
USDA Blog: ‘Minneapolis School Embraces Family-Style Dining’
“What if school lunchtime was more than just a wait in line and a race to find a seat and eat, but instead was more like a traditional family meal a time when friends gather to enjoy their food, engage in meaningful conversation, build relationships and gain important life skills?” That’s the question posed by the principal of a Minneapolis public elementary school in a blog posted Tuesday on the Agriculture Department website. The principal explains that her school decided to abandon the typical chaotic and impersonal lunchroom experience and create a family-style dining program.
Disaster Food Assistance Available to Sevier County Wildfire Victims
The Tennessee Department of Human Services in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services will begin accepting applications on Thursday, December 22 for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits available to eligible residents or those who work in Sevier County that have been impacted by the recent wildfires. D-SNAP provides temporary food assistance benefits loaded onto an EBT card.
Kansas farm groups say Trump presidency is a mixed bag
U.S. farmers taking a wait and see attitude on president-Elect Trump’s stands on agriculture. They hope for a less aggressive push on regulations but express over trade and international relastions.
[Peter Singer] The empathy trap
Soon after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, he told a young girl, “We don’t have enough empathy in our world today, and it is up to your generation to change that.” Obama expressed a widespread view, so the title of a new book, “Against Empathy,” by Yale University psychologist Paul Bloom, comes as a shock.
Spirit of the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary kicks off living nativity production
It’s been a few months since the Spirit of the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary lost their U.S. Department of Agriculture license and exotic animal rescues were removed from the facility. “I’ve been part of the living nativity now for 12 years and it’s great.
Biz Break: Reaction to Oraclea s results is a study in its transition
What’s Inside Oracle’s Stocking? Well, on Friday, it was a lot of coal. At least that’s what Oracle’s investors gave the business-software behemoth after its latest quarterly results.
NTSB recommends rigorous maintenance programs for firefighting aircraft
The NTSB issued recommendation letters to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Interior and to the FAA regarding maintenance programs for aircraft used in fire fighting operations. The recommendations are part of a package that includes probable causes for three air tanker accidents caused by in-flight wing separations resulting from fatigue fractures.