Feed the Future Technical Forum Part 2
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U.S. Government and private sector partners came together in a forum to identify potential areas of collaboration in support of Feed the Future, the Administration's global hunger and food security initiative, in light of the need to double productivity to meet projected demands for food in 2050. February 22, 2012.
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- -: Feed the Future Technical Forum Part 2
February 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)U.S. Government and private sector partners came together in a forum to identify potential areas of collaboration in support of Feed the Future, the Administration's global hunger and food security initiative, in light of the need to double productivity to meet projected demands for food in 2050....
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- -: Feed the Future Technical Forum Part 1
February 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)U.S. Government and private sector partners came together in a forum to identify potential areas of collaboration in support of Feed the Future, the Administration's global hunger and food security initiative, in light of the need to double productivity to meet projected demands for food in 2050....
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- -: TEDxManhattan - Lucas Knowles - Local Food Nation
June 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Lucas Knowles is the USDA Coordinator for "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food." He demonstrates the huge demand for local sustainable food through three promising approaches. More information at www.tedxmanhattan.org About TEDx, x = independently organized event: In the spirit of ideas worth spr...
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- -: The Hamburger That Paralyzed Stephanie Smith
July 2, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/20/Michael_Moss_Inside_the_Food_Industry Michael Moss reflects on his Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times piece on Stephanie Smith, a young woman who contracted a paralyzing food-borne illness from a hamburger. Her tragic story, he says, served as a po...
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- -: Rep. Boehner: USDA's Sherrod Firing a 'Rash Decision'
July 21, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast House Minority Leader John Boehner says the case of Shirley Sherrod, an Agriculture Department employee who was fired for remarks about race, underscores the danger of making decisions on incomplete information. "The one thing it...
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- -: Secretaries Locke and Vilsack in Regional Energy Leadership Briefing
August 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Midwest and Mid-Atlantic Energy and Community Leaders take part in a Regional Energy Leadership Briefing to share ideas for a comprehensive energy plan. The opening sessions of the meetings, including remarks from Secretary Lo...
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- -: The Obama Administration's Commitment to Rural America
May 3, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a longtime resident and former governor of Iowa, gives an overview of the Administration's framework that will lead to a more prosperous rural America.
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- -: Introducing the New Food Icon: MyPlate
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The Department of Agriculture introduces the new food icon, MyPlate, to replace the MyPyramid image as the government's primary food group symbol. An easy-to-understand visual cue to help consumers adopt healthy eating habits, MyPlate is consistent with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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- -: West Wing Week: 8/19/11 or "Get On The Bus"
August 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)This week, The President welcomed the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers to the White House before embarking on a three day Rural Bus Tour across the midwestern states of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. During his tour to the heartland, the President heard directly from Americans including smal...
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- -: Introducing MiPlato
September 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar are joined by celebrity chefs to discuss the introduction of MiPlato.
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