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Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. USDA has continued enacting President Trump’s goals of regulatory reform, streamlining government, and refocusing USDA to be customer oriented.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2018 -- Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Service Brandon Lipps today highlighted the accomplishments of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in 2018, from common-sense flexibilities for school meal providers to the agency’s vigorous response to provide food to the victims of coast-to-coast natural disasters.  

WASHINGTON, December 20, 2018 – At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a proposed rule intended to move more able-bodied recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to self-sufficiency through the dignity of work. The rule is meant to restore the system to what it was meant to be: assistance through difficult times, not lifelong dependency.

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El Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición (FNS, por sus siglas en inglés), antes conocido como Servicio de Alimentos y para Consumidores, administra los programas de asistencia alimenticia del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos. La misión del FNS es proporcionar a los niños y a las familias necesitadas un mejor acceso a los alimentos y una dieta más saludable a través de sus programas de asistencia alimenticia y de sus esfuerzos de educación integral en el área de la nutrición.

Aquí puede encontrar información actualizada sobre las publicaciones y los programas del FNS.