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Children are encouraged over the next couple of weeks to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Fee free access to over two thousand National Forest and grassland sites for the remainder of the school year is available for 4th and now 5th graders ...

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the U.S. economy, it’s low-income households that face a higher risk of food insecurity. This risk is more pronounced in families with school-age children who rely on food assistance programs. A ...

The 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee recently released its official scientific report. For the first time the organization is recommending “what to eat for health”, with specific guidelines for children from birth to two years old. The commi ...

The coronavirus world is confusing place for all of us, especially our children. And with COVID-19 forcing the shutdown of school this spring, and the possibility that kids wont return to the classroom this fall, health and safety experts says its important mom and dad, or any guardian, sits down with young children and talk about on the farm safety ...

As local, state and federal agencies look to help hungry kids during the coronavirus pandemic, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue highlighted one of the Department's relatively new programs; Meals to You. "You've probably already heard about the program that we collaborated with on Meals for You," Perdue noted ...

The 2019 American Farm Bureau Foundation Book of the Year is “Right This Very Minute".  This picture book is intended to be used as an education tool to teach young children from where our food comes.  Author Lisl H. Detlefsen said the book helps children understand the hard work farmers and ranchers do to produce our food, through colorful, engaging pictures.   “And i...

Feeding Minds Press is a new children's book venture from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.  And the goal is to bring children accurate knowledge about how their food is grown. The new publisher’s first book will be titled “Right This Very Minute,” and is scheduled for release in January of 2019, just in time for the American Farm Bureau’s annual convention.  The foundation’s ca

New data published by the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety shows every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident.   The data, included in the 2016 Agricultural Injuries Fact Sheet, also shows 33 children are injured on the farm each day.  The lead...