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Public Meeting on USDA’s International Food Assistance Programs Tuesday, May 13, 2014 9:00 a.m-noon USDA South Building J efferson Auditorium 1400 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20250 (Please use Wing 4 entrance on Independence Ave.) The purpose...

You are Invited to Participate in a Listening Session on Changes in the Farm Bill Related to USDA International Food Assistance Programs Hosted by the Foreign Agricultural Service All interested parties are invited to participate in a Foreign...

Contact: FAS Food Assistance Division, (202) 720-4221 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that the fiscal year 2013 Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child...

Contact: Office of Communications (202) 720-4623 WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden will lead a trade mission to promote U.S. agricultural trade...

NOTE: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) partners with a variety of non-profit groups, cooperatives and international organizations promote food security and develop agricultural capacity in countries around the world. The following guest blog by...

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met with Haiti's Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Thomas Jacques, March 4 to emphasize USDA's ongoing commitment to help the Haitian agricultural sector recover from the...

By Kate Snipes, Agricultural Counselor, U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya School children in the rural communities of Malawi will soon have access to more qualified primary school educators, thanks in part to the Foreign Agricultural Service’s (FAS) Food...

By Michael Scuse, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services USDA’s food assistance and development programs serve a dual purpose: to meet the immediate needs of hungry people, and to show their countries how to rejuvenate their...

Contact: FAS Food Assistance Division, (202) 720-4221 WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that international food assistance in fiscal year 2012 will benefit more than 9.7 million people worldwide...

Sabado Josè Maria, a former crop farmer in Mozambique, has more than doubled his income thanks to support and training he received in a USDA-funded Land O’Lakes dairy project. A partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Land O...

If you can name it, there’s probably a competitive event for it. For instance, coffee has its own competition called the Cup of Excellence. In the coffee world, no honor is more sought after. It is given each year to only top coffees from...