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Food and Nutrition Service Helps Southern States Hit Hard by Disasters
A bout of flooding and tornadoes throughout parts of the Southeast have left thousands of people in need. Several USDA agencies have been working for weeks with state and local officials, as well as...
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Then and Now, USDA Feeds the Nation
During the holiday season, food banks across America experience a spike in demand and this year is no different. Today that seasonal demand is also bolstered by a significant rise in client numbers...
View ArticleSecretary’s Column: A New Food, Farm and Jobs Bill to Fight Hunger Here at Home
America’s farmers and ranchers work hard every day to put healthy food on our tables. Thanks to their incredible productivity, we have the capacity to produce enough food not only for every American...
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The Domino Effect of One Purchase
Bread for the City CEO George Jones (far left) shows the organization’s rooftop garden to AMS Administrator Anne Alonzo (right with black coat and grey shirt), AMS Associate Administrator Rex Barnes...
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What’s Cooking with USDA Foods?
A Harvest of Recipes with USDA Foods, a cookbook for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, is now available on the What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl website. All recipes are included in...
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Celebrating American Agriculture: All USDA Foods are Local to Someone
Each year, USDA purchases more than 2 billion pounds of food worth nearly $2 billion from American farmers and distributes the food to schools, food banks, Indian Tribal Organizations, disaster feeding...
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Know Where Your Food Comes From with USDA Foods
Map of the dollar value of USDA Foods purchased in FY 2014; icons represent the states that are the largest sources of a particular type of USDA Foods. (Click to view a larger version) Do you know...
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