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Fish Taking Root as Ohio Money Crop
Columbus Dispatch – May 26, 2011
Americans are eating more fish than ever - 4pounds more per person per year, on average, than in the 1970s, according to the U.S. Economic Research Service.
USDA Raises Dairy-Price Forecast but Keeps Food Inflation Steady
Wall Street Journal – May 25, 2011
The U.S. Department of Agriculture held its food price-inflation forecast steady at 3% to 4% for 2011. The monthly analysis of the consumer-price index for food tracks retail prices for a range of household staples, from bakery products to beef to vegetables…. While increases in dairy prices prompted an increase in the dairy forecast, prices fell for a number of other commodities," said Richard Volpe, research economist for the USDA.
Do You Live in a Food Desert?
Color Lines Magazine – May 24, 2011
The USDA [ERS] introduced a mapping tool this month that tracks food deserts across the country, and includes demographic information about those living in areas without access to healthy and affordable food.
Tax Credits and Rural Incomes
Daily Yonder – May 19, 2011
Tax credits given to poorer Americans have grown over the last 30 years. Ron Durst and Tracey Farrigan of the Economic Research Service (USDA) have just published a report on how those changes in tax policy have affected rural America.
Chart: Somehow We’ve Got Fewer Cows, but More Milk
The Atlantic Wire – May 18, 2011
…the graph above surprised us enough to run our second USDA “chart of the day” in a row: it turns out that while the number of milk cows in the United States has decreased by a couple of million since the mid-eighties, the amount of milk produced per cow has almost doubled in that time frame…. [From ERS daily “Charts of Note” series]
U.S. Rice Production Projected at 211 Million cwt
Western Farm Press – May 16, 2011
The first forecast for the 2011-2012 U.S. rice crop pegs production at 211 million cwt, down 13 percent from a year earlier, according to Rice Outlook report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Meat, Dairy Lead Grocery Price Increases
Fox News Lubbock – May 10, 2011
A federal study finds food prices will take a bigger bite out of Iowans’ food budgets this year. Rick Volpe, an economist with the U-S Department of Agriculture [ERS], says a trip to the grocery store will mean either less food in your cart or less money in your wallet.
The Food Desert Map of the United States
The Atlantic Wire – May 10, 2011
The graphic is an overview from the recently launched Food Desert Locator, which provides detailed information about food access. According to the USDA's Economic Research Service, 13.5 million people fit the criteria of living in one of these areas.
Do You Live in a Food Desert? New Map Exposes Areas Most at Risk
Sacramento Bee – May 9, 2011
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] unveiled its Food Desert Locator, an interactive map that allows you to zoom down to the census tract level. Areas in pink are considered areas with limits access to supermarkets or large grocery stores.
Do You Live in a ‘Food Desert’? Online Tool Can Tell You
MSNBC – May 5, 2011
Nearly 13.5 million Americans live in areas where it is hard to find healthy food and fresh produce for a reasonable price. The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls these regions "food deserts," and it has created a new tool [ERS] that uses Census data to map out these areas. The tool allows users to enter specific addresses or zoom in to get street-level mapping.
USDA issues “Food Desert” Locator
San Francisco Chronicle-SFGate – May 2, 2011
No less than the USDA [ERS] has issued a new "food desert locator" today, a direct outgrowth of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" anti-obesity campaign….
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