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Nutrition standards for school meals will be gradually updated to include less sugar and greater flexibility with menu planning between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027. The Department arrived at these changes after listening closely to public feedback and considering the latest science-based recommendations from the <em>Dietary Guidelines for Americans</em>.</p></description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>USDA Latest News Releases</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">57666 at https://www.usda.gov</guid> </item><item> <title>Biden-Harris Administration Invests in Clean Energy and Domestic Biofuels to Strengthen American Farms and Small Businesses as Part of Investing in America Agenda</title> <link>https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/04/23/biden-harris-administration-invests-clean-energy-and-domestic</link> <description><p><strong>ERIE, Pa., April 23, 2024</strong> – Today, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding more than 700 <a href="https://www.rd.usda.gov/media/file/download/usda-rd-earthweek-chart-4-18-2024.pdf">clean energy projects</a> to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels and create jobs and new market opportunities for U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers.</p></description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>USDA Latest News Releases</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">57632 at https://www.usda.gov</guid> </item><item> <title>USDA, USAID Deploy $1 Billion for Emergency Food Assistance</title> <link>https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/04/18/usda-usaid-deploy-1-billion-emergency-food-assistance</link> <description><p><strong>WASHINGTON, April 18, 2024</strong> – The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development will deploy $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funding to purchase U.S.-grown commodities to provide emergency food assistance to people in need throughout the world, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced today.</p></description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>USDA Latest News Releases</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">57606 at https://www.usda.gov</guid> </item><item> <title>USDA Partners With Reinvestment Fund to Increase Equitable Access to Healthy Foods Across Country</title> <link>https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/04/17/usda-partners-reinvestment-fund-increase-equitable-access-healthy</link> <description><p><strong>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 17, 2024</strong> – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is partnering with Reinvestment Fund to help organizations strengthen local food financing programs and improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country.</p></description> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:30:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>USDA Latest News Releases</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">57598 at https://www.usda.gov</guid> </item><item> <title>U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments and Promotions</title> <link>https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/04/17/us-department-agriculture-announces-key-staff-appointments-and</link> <description><p><strong>WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024</strong> – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the names of individuals who hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.</p> <p><strong>Alysia K. Peters has been appointed Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Office of External and Intergovernmental Affairs</strong></p></description> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>USDA Latest News Releases</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">57588 at https://www.usda.gov</guid> </item><item> <title>USDA Announces Annual Consultation and Listening Session on Tribal Barriers</title> <link>https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/04/15/usda-announces-annual-consultation-and-listening-session-tribal</link> <description><p><strong>WASHINGTON, April 15, 2024</strong> - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the Annual Consultation and Listening Session on Tribal Barriers: Annual Progress Report and Feedback for Next Steps, to be held April 22-26, 2024. 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