“Wash your paws, Georgia!” This directive jumps out in bold orange writing at the top of a poster designed by the University of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension program.
None other
Last year alone, the Family Food Education Volunteers at Oregon State University Extension Service spent more than 23,000 hours teaching 29,000 Oregonians how to avoid foodborne illness by
Efforts to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in the United States have not been effective, a report released Wednesday concluded.
In its 2010 Report Card, the National Fruit and Vegetable
The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday warned four companies that the caffeine blended into their malt-alcohol beverages is an “unsafe food additive” and threatened to take action, including seizure of
Celia Hassan starts each day by reaching into her fridge and opening a can of Monster Energy.
“I crack one open every morning like clockwork,” said Hassan, a 21-year old
In 2001, Bob Dell left his career as a water treatment scientist to volunteer for children affected by AIDS in Africa. But when he followed a group of Ugandan children
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have urged lawmakers to act quickly on a bill they say will improve school meals.
In a joint statement Monday, Vilsack
Antibiotic resistance and the emergence of drug-resistant microbes are global public health issues, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and November 15-21 is the third annual Get
“Every year in America we throw away 96 billion pounds of food. That’s 263 million pounds a day. Eleven million pounds an hour. Three thousand pounds a second.”
Those
A nonprofit group has released a report citing the need for more government support of programs to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables in American diets.
The 2010 Gap
The federally supported meals and snacks served to some children and adults at day care centers should be changed to include more vegetables and fruits, and less saturated fats, trans
Florida citrus growers will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a good agricultural practices document that demonstrates how the industry is working to assure that the fruit they