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		<title>Picking a Winner &#8211; Tips and Insight to Selecting Seasonal Produce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the cold, drab winter gives way to warmer temperatures and the crisp colors of spring, our longing for stews and other comfort foods ebbs, making way for some warm-weather favorites.  Picnics, hiking and other outdoor activities heighten the appeal of lighter, fresh salad greens, fruits, and vegetables.  From strawberries to broccoli, apricots to artichokes—we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/22/picking-a-winner-tips-and-insight-to-selecting-seasonal-produce/</link>
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		<title>Did You Just Toss that Carrot Stick Away?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you throw away any food today? If so, you are not alone. Many of us struggle to store or use up the last of the leftovers or think of something edible to do with those shriveled vegetables at the bottom of the chiller drawer.  In fact, in 2010, 133 billion pounds of food in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/21/did-you-just-toss-that-carrot-stick-away/</link>
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		<title>Connecting Healthcare and Nutrition through the Summer Food Service Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Two is better than one.&#8221;  Holding true to this timeless adage, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is teaming up with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand the reach of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).  FNS strives to increase food security and reduce hunger by providing children and low-income people access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/20/connecting-healthcare-and-nutrition-through-the-summer-food-service-program/</link>
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		<title>Organic 101: Can GMOs Be Used in Organic Products?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the thirteenth installment of the Organic 101 series that explores different aspects of the USDA organic regulations. The use of genetic engineering, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs), is prohibited in organic products. This means an organic farmer can’t plant GMO seeds, an organic cow can’t eat GMO alfalfa or corn, and an organic soup [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/17/organic-101-can-gmos-be-used-in-organic-products/</link>
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		<title>From the White House Kitchen: Healthy and Traditional Asian American and Pacific Islander Cuisine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cross posted from the Let&#8217;s Move! Blog: Growing up in the Philippines, my mother was my main source of inspiration for cooking. I came from a family of eleven kids, and as a child, I would constantly volunteer to help her in the kitchen. My mother would prepare such amazing authentic Filipino food, and cooking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/17/from-the-white-house-kitchen-healthy-and-traditional-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-cuisine/</link>
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		<title>New API Helps Satisfy the Nation&#8217;s App-etite for Farmers Markets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America is developing quite an app-etite. The number of U.S. smartphone owners is approaching 130 million, resulting in more and more demand for mobile access to our information. Combine that with the increase in consumers wanting access to fresh, local products, and it’s obvious why there’s such a high demand for the data in USDA’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/15/new-api-helps-satisfy-the-nations-app-etite-for-farmers-markets/</link>
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		<title>ARS Ag Research Counts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To recognize the contribution that research in agriculture makes in our daily lives, we’re focusing this month’s Science Tuesday blogs on the successes that USDA science agencies have achieved for us all. If you walk through your home, you’ll see USDA science everywhere. The research we do can be found in many products that you’ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/07/ars-ag-research-counts/</link>
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		<title>Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cross posted from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog: Last week, hundreds of innovators gathered at the World Bank IFC Center to brainstorm about how Open Data can be harnessed to help meet the challenge of sustainably feeding nine billion people by 2050.  The group included delegates from the G-8 group [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/06/full-speed-ahead-for-open-ag-data/</link>
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		<title>Secretary&#8217;s Column: Ready to Help Pass a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, the Federal budget has dominated the conversation here in Washington.  At the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we have been working hard on mission critical priorities, even as we implement mandatory across-the-board budget cuts. The good news is that our proactive efforts to cut costs have saved more than $828 million in recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/03/secretarys-column-ready-to-help-pass-a-food-farm-and-jobs-bill/</link>
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		<title>SNAP: New Rules Aim to Expand Access to Farmers’ Markets!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As USDA Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, I can tell you that there are few things I enjoy more than visiting one of the many thousands of farmers’ markets in communities across our verdant country. There’s just no better opportunity to sample the bounty of American agriculture. The fresh fruits, vegetables and other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/03/snap-new-rules-aim-to-expand-access-to-farmers%e2%80%99-markets/</link>
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