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Ice cream: the next generation

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Media contact:
Kent Faddis
Producer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5361
E-Mail: [email protected]

In this video news story, learn about food science graduate student Elizabeth Fenner’s creation: ice cream that changes flavor while in your mouth.

Read more at CAFNR News.

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USDA Awards over $8 Million to Support Healthier Foods in Schools...

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be awarding over $8 million in grants to help school nutrition professionals better prepare healthy meals for their students. Approximately $2.6 million dollars in grants will support implementation of new national...

Agriculture Secretary Announces Funding to Support Small, Socially Disadvantaged Producers

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced grants to support small, socially disadvantaged agriculture producers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today’s announcement is one part of the Department’s efforts to...

USDA Announces Funding Opportunity for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Projects

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WASHINGTON, May 22, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for its Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program, which provides increased access to education, training and health care resources in rural areas....

This winter could set records in Missouri

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Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri saw an unusually windy January, frozen soil with a deep frost line and temperatures that may make this winter among the top 10 coldest on record.

“The...

Flash drought still an issue despite recent rain relief

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Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908

COLUMBIA, Mo. – It’s been a pretty typical July, weather-wise, in Missouri. The only problem is it’s barely June, and high temperatures and...

OSU student spends semester at sea

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Andrew Gray Oklahoma State University student Andrew Gray is taking some time away from the classroom to participate in the Semester at Sea program.  The junior from Edmond has been aboard the MC Explorer for over a month with plans to see more than 15 countries around the world, while earning collegiate credit through the University of Virginia program.

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CAFNR family provides life-long connections

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

PARIS, Mo. – When Britton Francis leaves home this fall for the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR), his dad knows that he will be in good...

USDA Announces the Availability of $16 Million to Support Food Production

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of more than $16 million in funding to support research, education and Extension efforts to improve food production and increase food security, defined as regular access to affordable, nutritious...

USDA Calls on Communities to Help Fill the Summer Meal Gap;...

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WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today called on communities across the country to partner with USDA’s summer meals program to ensure that no child goes hungry when school is out. During a roundtable with Josh Wachs, Chief Strategy Officer for Share Our Strength, Kathy Underhill, Executive Director of Hunger Free Col...
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