What are the USDA Food And Nutrition Programs? To many, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is just about agriculture. But it offers much more than that. The USDA offers services and support to many families that utilize the output of agriculture: food. In this FoodChat, USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon, Food, Nutrition & Consumer Services, shares more about what is offered.
- Can you start by telling us what @USDA Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services does?
- What is the one bit of information that gets misunderstood about @USDA food programs?
- What % of farm bill do programs such as WIC, SNAP and childhood nutrition comprise and why?
- As a former WIC director ?, WIC has a nutrition ed component are there outcomes analysis on efficacy?
- New child nutrition program regs released this year-What areas do you think should have been changed or added?
- What responsibility do you see #farms holding in the #nutritional challenges of the US? Or is it consumer?
- When it comes 2 nations obesity issue food system/programs r quick 2 blame How can we stop ‘blame’ & increase ed?
- Have you found any #nutrition or #eatright progs that overcome the nutrition apathy we seem to have in the US?
- How are farms connected to the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) via @USDA?
- Can you explain how 1 in 4 Americans are served by food/ nutrition progs & how this % compares to 10 yrs ago?
- What is the one executable idea you’ll be working on from tonight’s #foodchat?
