United States Secretary Of Agriculture

Sec. of Agriculture Vilsack calls on Congress to strengthen school lunches, access to breakfast

02-Sep-2015 By Elizabeth Crawford

Preserving and strengthening the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which sets school lunch standards and makes free and reduced meals available to children, could lower the healthcare costs in the US and improve the country’s economic competitiveness and...

Senate appoints Hagen to key USDA food safety role

20-Sep-2010

The Senate has voted to appoint Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the agency has said.

Dairy industry joins USDA and NFL to fight obesity

19-Jan-2010

The USDA, the National Dairy Council and the NFL have launched the Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign to tackle childhood obesity with the help of $250m from US dairy farmers.

USDA finalizes five-year food choice study

16-Oct-2009

A five-year study on food choices and expenditures by US households will be conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced.

Obama nominates USDA nutrition and research undersecretaries

23-Apr-2009 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

President Obama made two appointments within the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday, to run the department’s public nutrition programs, and to oversee US agricultural research and education.

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What is ‘healthy’? FDA proposes new definition as added sugar, not fat, becomes nutritional bogeyman

What is ‘healthy’? FDA proposes new definition as added sugar, not fat, becomes nutritional bogeyman

Mental wellbeing and alcohol moderation will drive the next phase of growth in functional beverages, predicts Recess CEO

Mental wellbeing and alcohol moderation will drive the next phase of growth in functional beverages, predicts Recess CEO

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Biden administration to explore voluntary targets for added sugar, develop front-of-pack nutrition labeling system

Vanilla Vida scouts US locations as it expands high-tech vanilla cultivation operation

Vanilla Vida scouts US locations as it expands high-tech vanilla cultivation operation

50% more protein, 50% less sugar: fairlife brand reaching a quarter of US households, says VP. ‘Demand is at an all-time high’

SPECIAL REPORT: Bioengineered food labeling: ‘They kind of shot in the middle and missed every constituency’

SPECIAL REPORT: Bioengineered food labeling: ‘They kind of shot in the middle and missed every constituency’

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‘There’s going to be a lot of burnt capital…’ Navigating the ‘hand-wringing phase’ of alt meat investment

Quorn Foods USA president talks meat alternatives: ‘We all need to take a deep breath’

Quorn Foods USA president talks meat alternatives: ‘We all need to take a deep breath’

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Planet Oat solidifies #1 spot in US oatmilk category, grows retail sales 60% YoY across oatmilk, creamers, frozen desserts

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Court thwarts attempts by DOJ to block US Sugar mega-deal: 'Ruling will allow our acquisition of Imperial Sugar to proceed as planned'

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