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Food and Faith: Setting a Safe and Healthy Table

August 26, 2011 Max Finberg, Director, and Julie Curti, Assistant to the Director, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Last week we were honored to host USDA’s 3 rd annual Iftar commemorating the month of Ramadan and the contributions of USDA’s Muslim employees. More than 200 attendees, including USDA employees, Muslim community members, and representatives from faith-based and secular non-profit organizations...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety

Feeding Hungry Kids Tops Perth Amboy Priorities

August 18, 2011 Margarita Maisterrena, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service Mid-Atlantic Region Public Affairs

Despite having some of the highest unemployment and home foreclosure rates in New Jersey, the city of Perth Amboy refuses to let kids go hungry over the summer. In 2011 the city extended the Summer Food Service Program by two weeks and added 20 new feeding sites. Through an aggressive marketing...

Food and Nutrition

Clinic on Wheels Reaches Communities Once Isolated from WIC Clinics

May 10, 2011 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Southwest Region
Public Affairs Specialist

More than 112,000 Rio Grande Valley moms, infants and children depend on the nutritional benefits provided by WIC - the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program Women, Infants and Children. The four counties that make up the Valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy) have done a good job of...

Food and Nutrition

Repair the World: USDA Hosts its First Food and Justice Passover Seder

April 29, 2011 Max Finberg, Director, USDA Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Matzah, the traditional flatbread eaten by Jewish people to commemorate Passover, decorated six circular tables, along with bitter herbs (maror), “mortar” for bricks (haroset), and green leafy vegetables (carpas). Around the tables, USDA employees, Administration officials, and a host of guests from...

Food and Nutrition Farming
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