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The Right Tools to Prepare Your Turkey Safely</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>For first-time hosts, or even experienced cooks, the Thanksgiving turkey can be a nerve-wracking dish to prepare once a year. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has some tips to reduce any anxiety over cooking your turkey this year.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Zoya Sattar, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/health-and-safety">Health and Safety</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Nov 14, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/11/14/secret-successful-thanksgiving-right-tools-prepare-your-turkey-safely#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story The Secret to a Successful Thanksgiving? The Right Tools to Prepare Your Turkey Safely"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/11/12/power-journey-mapping-enhancing-customer-experience" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-11/power-of-journey-mapping.jpg?itok=_rQ3yLEy" width="568" height="400" alt="two women engage at an outdoor market" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/11/12/power-journey-mapping-enhancing-customer-experience" rel="bookmark"><span>The Power of Journey Mapping: Enhancing Customer Experience</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>At the Office of Customer Experience (OCX), we recognize the importance of providing exceptional experiences for both our internal and external customers. Last month, we celebrated CX Day, which occurs every year on the first Tuesday of October. In honor of this occasion, we’re excited to share insights on one of the most effective tools for improving customer interactions: journey mapping. </p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Lula Wallace, Chief of Staff, Office of Customer Experience Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/initiatives">Initiatives</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/rural">Rural</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/usda-results">USDA Results</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Nov 12, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/11/12/power-journey-mapping-enhancing-customer-experience#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story The Power of Journey Mapping: Enhancing Customer Experience"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/09/09/usda-enhances-market-coverage-retail-outlets" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-09/ams-market-coverage-retail-outlets-blog-090924.jpg?itok=xGpmamXl" width="568" height="400" alt="Products on shelves" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/09/09/usda-enhances-market-coverage-retail-outlets" rel="bookmark"><span>USDA Enhances Market Coverage in Retail Outlets</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>Each week USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) publishes a <a href="https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/retail">series of retail reports</a> through our Market News service that reflect advertised prices for products being featured to consumers at grocery stores across the country. We recently transitioned our retail reports covering red meats, poultry, and eggs to the <a href="https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/">My Market News</a> platform, which allows users to filter and customize the information to meet their individual needs. This is part of an ongoing effort to modernize the AMS market reporting data collection and delivery system to improve the customer experience.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Michael Sheats, Director of the AMS Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/farming">Farming</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/technology">Technology</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Sep 09, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/09/09/usda-enhances-market-coverage-retail-outlets#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story USDA Enhances Market Coverage in Retail Outlets"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/06/21/snap-ed-connects-culture-land-and-food" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-06/fns-snap-ed-culture-land-food-blog-062124.jpg?itok=Uvt0ODU0" width="568" height="400" alt="A person kneeling on grass and holding up a plant by its root" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/06/21/snap-ed-connects-culture-land-and-food" rel="bookmark"><span>SNAP-Ed Connects Culture, Land, and Food</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>For many communities, the SNAP-Education program provides much more than basic nutrition guidance. In Kāneʻohe (in Honolulu), Hawaii, the SNAP-Ed funded Luluku Farms’ Aloha ʻĀina Agri-Cultural Restoration project uses the ʻĀina (land) to preserve traditional crops so the community can achieve self-sustainability, while providing keiki (kids) opportunities to learn about their cultural and traditional practices — as well as nutrition education. The notion of fertile land that Aloha ʻĀina symbolizes promotes community engagement, bolsters cultural preservation, and improves nutrition security by increasing community access to culturally appropriate foods.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Kat Mueller, Program Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Western Regional Office (WRO) Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/nutrition-security">Nutrition Security</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Jun 21, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/06/21/snap-ed-connects-culture-land-and-food#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story SNAP-Ed Connects Culture, Land, and Food"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/04/25/healthier-foods-healthier-minds" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-04/fns-healthier-foods-healthier-minds-blog-042524.jpg?itok=q3CRCRxS" width="568" height="400" alt="USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Cindy Long eats a nutritious and delicious school lunch with students from Granite Ridge School in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/04/25/healthier-foods-healthier-minds" rel="bookmark"><span>Healthier Foods, Healthier Minds</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>Setting kids up for success. It’s what every parent, guardian, and educator wants for our nation’s schoolchildren. They understand the power that small changes have to make a big difference in the learning environment. That’s why here at USDA, we recently announced a generational investment in our children’s futures through updated school nutrition standards.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Cindy Long, Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/health-and-safety">Health and Safety</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/nutrition-security">Nutrition Security</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Apr 25, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/04/25/healthier-foods-healthier-minds#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story Healthier Foods, Healthier Minds"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/29/national-womens-history-month-celebrating-fns-unsung-heroines" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-03/fns-natl-women-history-month-blog-032924.png?itok=WZ2qHmgk" width="568" height="400" alt="USDA Food and Nutrition Service employees" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/29/national-womens-history-month-celebrating-fns-unsung-heroines" rel="bookmark"><span>National Women’s History Month: Celebrating FNS’ Unsung Heroines</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>Food and Nutrition Service employees dedicate their professional lives to ensuring everyone in America has access to delicious, nutritious food and science-based nutrition education. As we conclude Women’s History Month, we celebrate women working to keep our 16 nutrition assistance programs running smoothly for those who need them most.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Justice Wright, Senior Technical Advisor, FNS Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/health-and-safety">Health and Safety</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/nutrition-security">Nutrition Security</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Mar 29, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/29/national-womens-history-month-celebrating-fns-unsung-heroines#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story National Women’s History Month: Celebrating FNS’ Unsung Heroines"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/27/celebrating-second-anniversary-usda-food-and-nutrition-security-initiative" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-03/fns-celebrating-second-anniversary-fns-initiative-blog-032724.png?itok=frjQZpfL" width="568" height="400" alt="Dr. Caree Cotwright, FNS Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, collecting fresh produce from a farm" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/27/celebrating-second-anniversary-usda-food-and-nutrition-security-initiative" rel="bookmark"><span>Celebrating the Second Anniversary of the USDA Food and Nutrition Security Initiative</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>USDA is proud to celebrate <a href="https://www.fns.usda.gov/news-item/usda-0062.22">the second anniversary</a> of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s vision to advance food and nutrition security.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Caree Jackson Cotwright, PhD, RDN, Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/nutrition-security">Nutrition Security</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Mar 27, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/27/celebrating-second-anniversary-usda-food-and-nutrition-security-initiative#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story Celebrating the Second Anniversary of the USDA Food and Nutrition Security Initiative"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/22/turnip-beet-summer-meals" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-03/fns-turnip-beet-summer-meals-blog-032224.jpg?itok=gG9VVU9z" width="568" height="400" alt="Hall County School Nutrition (Georgia), 2022 Turnip the Beet silver award winner" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/22/turnip-beet-summer-meals" rel="bookmark"><span>Turnip the Beet on Summer Meals</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>It’s award season! USDA is excited to highlight summer meal sponsors who go above and beyond to ensure children receive nutritious, appetizing meals.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Tanuja Kulkarni, MS MPH RDN, Nutritionist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Child Nutrition Programs Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/nutrition-security">Nutrition Security</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Mar 22, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/22/turnip-beet-summer-meals#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story Turnip the Beet on Summer Meals"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/19/national-agriculture-day-how-usda-growing-climate-tomorrow-transforming-our" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-03/ams-natl-ag-day-blog-031924-1.png?itok=F6rmYPzY" width="568" height="400" alt="National Ag Day graphic" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/19/national-agriculture-day-how-usda-growing-climate-tomorrow-transforming-our" rel="bookmark"><span>National Agriculture Day: How USDA is Growing a Climate for Tomorrow by Transforming our Food System Today</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>Almost two years ago, reflecting on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and in light of ongoing supply chain challenges from global conflict and a changing climate, Secretary Vilsack <a href="/media/press-releases/2022/06/01/usda-announces-framework-shoring-food-supply-chain-and-transforming">announced a new framework at USDA</a> for shoring up the food supply chain and transforming the food system to be fairer, more competitive, more resilient. We’ve since called this our Food System Transformation – and as we celebrate National Agriculture Day and this year’s theme “Agriculture: Growing a Climate for Tomorrow,” I’m thrilled to share some updates on our work.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Jenny Moffitt, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/farming">Farming</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/organic">Organic</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Mar 19, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/03/19/national-agriculture-day-how-usda-growing-climate-tomorrow-transforming-our#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story National Agriculture Day: How USDA is Growing a Climate for Tomorrow by Transforming our Food System Today"> Respond to this story </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser"><article class="usda-blog-teaser-wrapper"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-thumbnail"> <div> <a href="/media/blog/2024/02/09/two-year-anniversary-customer-experience-executive-order-pt-6-delivering" hreflang="en"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2024-02/ocx-two-year-anniversary-part-six-blog-020924.jpg?itok=Bn0fxMdm" width="568" height="400" alt="Barn and silo on farm" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-content"> <h3> <a href="/media/blog/2024/02/09/two-year-anniversary-customer-experience-executive-order-pt-6-delivering" rel="bookmark"><span>Two-Year Anniversary of Customer Experience Executive Order: Pt. 6 Delivering for Small Towns</span> </a> </h3> <div> <p>Rural communities are the backbone of American life, providing fuel, food and fiber. As a partner, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) understands how critical rural America is to providing the everyday essentials our country depends on. As a result, we invest accordingly.</p> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-author">Simchah Suveyke-Bogin, Chief Customer Experience Officer for the Office of Customer Experience Posted in <a href="/media/blog/category/equity">Equity</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/farming">Farming</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/food-and-nutrition">Food and Nutrition</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/inflation-reduction-act">Inflation Reduction Act</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/initiatives">Initiatives</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/rural">Rural</a> <a href="/media/blog/category/usda-results">USDA Results</a> </div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-date"> Feb 09, 2024</div> <div class="usda-blog-teaser-links"> <a href="/media/blog/2024/02/09/two-year-anniversary-customer-experience-executive-order-pt-6-delivering#write-blog-response" aria-label="Respond to the story Two-Year Anniversary of Customer Experience Executive Order: Pt. 6 Delivering for Small Towns"> 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