What's New

	USDA Names Kate Coler Deputy Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services	(12/01/03)
	USDA Partners With Food Banks on Thanksgiving Food Distribution Efforts	(11/25/03)
	FNS Announces FY 2004 Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program - Request for Applications	(11/21/03/)
	USDA Delegation Arrives in Sierra Leone to Discuss Food Distribution and Other Nutrition Assistance Programs	(11/17/03)
	Veneman Announces Purchase of Up To 6.1 Million Pounds of Fresh Pears	(10/24/03)
	USDA Awards $1.3 Million for Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs	(10/21/03)
	Under Secretary Bost Testifies Before House on Commodity Nutrition Assistance Programs	(10/07/03)
	USDA Launches E-Government Resource for Commodity Food Information	(10/07/03)
	HJ Resolution 69 continues appropriations for the Child Nutrition Programs - and extends several provisions that were to expire on Sept. 30, 2003.	(10/01/03)
	USDA Announces Restoration of Food Stamp Eligibility for Qualified Legal Immigrant Children	(10/01/03)
	Food Stamps: FY 2004 Income limits, deductions, and maximum allotments	(10/01/03)
	Veneman Announces Purchase of More than $42 Million in Dried Fruit and Tree Nuts for Child Nutrition Programs	(09/29/03)
	Veneman Announces the End of the Food Stamp Paper Coupons	(09/25/03)
	Food Stamp Program Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request -- Store Applications, Form FNS-252, Food Stamp Applications for Stores	(09/22/03)
	USDA Offers Array of Assistance Following Disasters	(09/17/03)
	Veneman Announces Initiative to Donate Non-Fat Dry Milk to Faith-Based & Community Organizations	(09/17/03)
	USDA Seeks Comments on Redesign of WIC Food Package (** Comment Period Closed)	(09/15/03)
	FNS Nutrition Link now online.	(09/05/03)
	Under Secretary Bost Testifies on Food Stamp Provisions of the Farm Bill	(07/24/03)
	New Studies Document Food Stamp Improvements	(07/24/03)
	Power Panther Songs and Screensavers Now Available	(07/23/03)
	USDA Awards Over $4 Million in Nutrition Training Grants	(07/21/03)
	Under Secretary Bost Testifies on Child Nutrition Programs Reauthorization	(07/16/03)
	USDA Awards Over $5 Million in Food Stamp Program Participation Grants	(06/26/03)
	Veneman Announces New Resources For Food Stamp Participants	(06/05/03)
	-- 10 Steps to Help You Fill Your Grocery Bag Through the Food Stamp Program -- Step 1: Online Prescreening Tool
	USDA Releases Specifications For The Purchase Of Irradiated Ground Beef In The National School Lunch Program -- Questions & Answers -- Letter to School Superintendents -- Website Offering Information on Irradiation -- USDA Brochure on Irradiation	(05/29/03)
	Under Secretary Bost Testifies on 2004 FNCS Budget	(05/22/03)
	Administrator Testifies on FY 2004 Budget	(05/22/03)
	Highlights from National Nutrition Education Conference	(04/16/03)
	Under Secretary Bost Testifies on Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization	(04/03/03)
	Food Stamps Program for Newly Qualified Legal Immigrants To Begin April 1	(03/26/03)
	FNS Announces FY 2003 Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program	(03/24/03)
	Under Secretary Bost Testifies on FY 2004 Budget	(03/20/03)
	Administrator Salazar Testifies on FY 2004 Budget	(03/20/03)
	WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines	(03/12/03)
	Veneman Outlines Administration Goals for Child Nutrition Programs -- Highlights Important Role of Partnerships in Educating the Public About Healthy Lifestyles	(02/25/03)
	Secretary Veneman Releases Proposed 2004 Budget -- Record Spending for Food Assistance, Nutrition Programs	(02/03/03)
	President Bush To Propose Record-Level Support For WIC Nutrition Programs	(01/15/03)
	Salazar Chosen By President Bush To Serve on USDA Board	(01/08/03)
	Request for Proposal: Food Stamp Program Participation Grants	(01/03/03)

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