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USDA Awards $10 Million to Spark Innovation in Regional School Food Systems

USDA Awards $10 Million to Spark Innovation in Regional School Food Systems

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WASHINGTON, July 10, 2024-- USDA's Food and Nutrition Service today granted an overall of $10 million in grants through its partners-- Full Plates Full Potential and the Illinois Public Health Institute-- as part of USDA's $100 million Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative. The effort empowers schools to continue serving tasty, healthier meals that provide trainees nutrition to grow and grow. The grants revealed today are through the School Food System Transformation Challenge, which is one part of the Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, likewise called HMI. These funds support development in the school meals market by incentivizing cooperation in between schools, the food market, and other stakeholders. HMI likewise grants to little and/or rural school districts to enhance the dietary qua...
USDA Appoints New Members to the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

USDA Appoints New Members to the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2023-- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack designated 4 brand-new members to the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Federal Advisory Committee (Committee). The brand-new members are changing 4 members whose terms are ending and turning off the Committee. The Committee belongs to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to support city farming and ingenious production, producing a network for feedback. The Committee's public conferences provide the city and ingenious production neighborhood and others a chance to witness considerations and voting treatments. "This Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Committee counts on a variety of know-how and viewpoints," stated Terry Cosby, Chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), whic...