Programs to Expand Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of a demonstration grant to Missouri to test new ways to provide nutrition assistance and access to healthy foods to low-income children during the summer. The $230,650 Missouri grant is part of the Obama Administration’s […]

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USDA Announces New Partnership to Distribute Health and Nutrition Information to Pregnant Women, New Moms … WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the launch of USDA’s partnership with the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition to provide free, mobile health information through the text4baby initiative to pregnant women and new […]

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Secretary Vilsack Announces $25 Million for New School Food Service Equipment To Help Schools Improve the Quality of Meals WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $25 million in grants to help schools operating a National School Lunch Program (NSLP) replace outdated equipment with new, energy efficient, appliances […]

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