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Enjoy the Holidays: Preparing Healthy and Safe Meals!

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Posted by Dr. Janey Thornton, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, on November 17, 2011 at 11:59 AM

Special holiday series – Blog 2 of 5

The countdown to turkey day is underway! To help soon-to-be busy cooks prepare healthy and safe holiday meals, USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen and I are providing low-cost holiday recipes with simple food safety tips. Yesterday we posted a turkey recipe with helpful suggestions on handling raw poultry. Below is a delicious recipe for stuffing.  Make sure you check out our next blog tomorrow which will feature another low-cost, easy to prepare –recipe—Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes.  Happy cooking!!

Grandma’s Stuffing Read more »

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categories Food and Nutrition, Food Safety

NRCS Works with Partners to Protect Wildlife Migration Route in Wyoming

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Posted by Sarah Graddy, NRCS, on November 17, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Pronghorn antelope on the move along the migration route. Photo credit: Mark Gocke.

Pronghorn antelope on the move along the migration route. Photo credit: Mark Gocke.

Earlier this month, The Conservation Fund announced the permanent protection of 1,000 acres along the Path of the Pronghorn—the longest land mammal migration route in the continental United States. Read more »

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categories Conservation