Creating opportunities for consumers to buy fresh produce from local growers through federal nutrition programs | Founder of MarketLink
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This #Thanksgiving we are thankful for the bounty of food America's farmers produce and export to the world. Exports of 🇺🇸 turkey, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet corn, cranberries, pumpkin, and pecans, help create jobs, support the economy, and increase global food security.
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Join us for a webinar Wednesday, June 21, at 1 PM ET!
ERS Research Economist Saied Toossi highlights program trends and developments in USDA's largest food and nutrition assistance programs in fiscal year 2022.
Learn more / Register: ers.usda.gov/conferences/web….
ALT Webinar: Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report June 21, 2034 at 1 PM ET Bottom right of the graphic: picture of Research Agricultural Economist Saied Toosi
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Happy #WorldWaterDay! With conservation, we can enjoy productive land AND clean water. bit.ly/3z0psw4
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Daydreaming about your 2023 garden? Remember: you can use your can use your SNAP EBT Bridge Card to purchase food-producing plants! They even qualify for Double Up Food Bucks.
Learn more and find our Food Assistance Benefits Eligibility Guide here: mifma.org/for-shoppers/snap/
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To provide the help they need, we must create more revenue streams for farmers, particularly small and mid-sized producers. We must extend beyond the traditional role of selling crops and livestock, and find additional ways that farmsteads can generate profits.
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We're making major investments in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to improve maternal and child health ➡️ usda.gov/media/press-release…
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FYI: A new online course for Maryland cottage food producers and on-farm home processors is being offered at UMD!
More info here: go.umd.edu/mfvcourse
#Maryland #food
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.@USDA announced historic investments to help combat the climate crisis by expanding markets for climate-smart commodities, including for small scale and underserved producers: bit.ly/3iYWJmV
ALT Graphic saying "Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities."
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SNAP helps people afford to put food on the table. It empowers individuals and supports the economy. Watch a video to see how #SNAPFeeds our community.
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In the 2012 Ag Census, the number of #farms with a female principal farm operator increased. In #MoCo, we've seen more women opening farming operations or expressing interest in doing so. #womeninag
Image: map showing number of US female farm operators; source: USDA NASS
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This Fall's White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health presents an important opportunity to #endhungernow. FRAC urges the White House to include these strategies as part of its comprehensive, national strategy to end hunger by 2030 ⬇️
frac.org/white-house-confere…
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While the Senate was busy with the IRA last week, USDA announced a long-awaited draft of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule, an update to the organic standard that would codify animal welfare protections. buff.ly/3P4daZq
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Happy National Farmers Market Week! There are more than 8,000 farmers markets across the country that play an essential role in local food economy, regional food development and American agriculture. Be sure to stop by your local farmers market this week!
#FarmersMarketWeek
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Due to the power outages from the wildfires that began on May 26, 2022, Riverside County in California can request replacement of SNAP benefits until June 27, 2022.
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June 7 @ the Statehouse: "SB2317/HB7068" is up for review. If passed, applications/recertifications for SNAP benefits for people 60+ will be streamlined (an important step toward equity for older adults). 💚 Contact your legislators before their 4pm meeting to share your opinion!
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Federal Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children serves women and children <5 yrs in low income families. In June issue @AmJPrevMed study finds longer SNAP participation improves child diets, potentially mitigating chronic disease risk bit.ly/3apQrsg
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NSAC applauds @SecVilsack for the framework to transform the #foodsystem to support consumers, producers & rural communities by providing options, access & improving markets for diverse producers as a meaningful step to create a fair, equitable, sustainable farm/food system ⬇️
Join @SecVilsack LIVE tomorrow June 1, at 11:30 AM ET, where he will announce USDA’s framework for shoring up the food supply chain and transforming the food system to be fairer, more competitive, and more resilient. Watch live ➡️usda.gov/live
ALT Graphic with photo of Secretary Vilsack. Text reads: Food Systems Transformation. Tune in for an announcement by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on USDA’s framework for shoring up the food supply chain and transforming the food system to be fairer, more competitive, and more resilient. Wednesday, June 1 - 11:30 am ET - www.usda.gov.live
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In 2020, food expenditures accounted for 8.6% of the average consumer’s disposable income, and 27% among low-income Americans. brook.gs/3vZhums
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The Biden Administration is committed to tackling food and nutrition insecurity to combat and prevent the diet related diseases that plague our country. @USDA is proud to partner with the @WhiteHouse and @HHSGov to work together to end hunger and increase healthy eating by 2030.
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"...Indigenous peoples and their food and knowledge systems have been generating hundreds of diverse, nutritious foods for millennia, while protecting 80% of the remaining biodiversity in their territories..."
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