…For Fuel Up To Play 60 More about Fuel Up to Play 60 Fuel Up to Play 60 is the nation’s largest in-school health and wellness program, created by the…
Dietary Guidelines
…Americans make healthy choices in their daily lives to help prevent chronic disease and enjoy a healthy diet. It serves as the evidence-based foundation for nutrition education materials that are…
Feed a Bee
…you in selecting plants for pollinators specific to your area. This is downloadable for the iphone or android devices. Visit www.pollinator.org/guides.htm. For more information on bee health, please visit beehealth.bayer.us….
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine 2016 Update
…will decline in health and produce bitter, misshaped fruit until it dies. In California, HLB has been detected in 2012 and 2015 on residential properties in Los Angeles County. This…
USDA to Measure the Financial Health of American Farms
Starting in January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers across the nation to conduct the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This…
Peanut Butter and Caffeine
…the marketing of these novel food products in order to ensure public health and the integrity of the regulatory system designed to protect the food supply. From FDA.gov website Added…
USDA Awards $3 Million for Robotics Research
…Health (NIH), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. The goal of the National Robotics Initiative (link is external) is to accelerate the development…
Agriculture Labor Seeing Competitive Trend
…workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing “hands-on” information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses in general industry. Read more from USDA….
Agri View: Avian Flu Recovery
…National Poultry Improvement Plan and how it relates to backyard and hobby poultry owners. It features Healthy Harry, the healthy birds spokesbird, and USDA veterinarian Dr. Chrislyn Wood Nicholson. healthybirds.aphis.usda.gov….
Waiting and Watching for Avian Influenza
Animal health officials are ready if avian influenza should return in 2016. Waiting and Watching for Avian Influenza…
2015 Dietary Guidelines Support Lean Beef in a Healthy Diet
…the last decade or so, a significant amount of research shows that many people can lose and maintain a healthy weight, support a healthy metabolism and age more vibrantly when…
New Dietary Guidelines Released by USDA and HHS
…be available on Health.gov from HHS that will help health professionals support their clients and patients in making healthy choices. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is available at dietaryguidelines.gov….
Exports to South Africa
…integrity of the U.S. system for ensuring animal health and food safety, and this will result in high-quality U.S. meat and poultry being available for South African consumers. The regained…
Agri View: Agriculture Education
…that may be taught in an agricultural education curriculum include horticulture,land management, turf grass management, agricultural science, small animal care, machine and shop classes, health and nutrition, livestock management, biology…









