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Peaches, strawberries, and snap peas at a roadside market. "Eat a wide variety of whole, natural foods (those unaltered by man)," advises Dr. Angela Griffiths. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

USDA adds foods to moms and kids food program

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EST

Associated Press

USDA expanding poverty-reduction initiative

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press

More than 6,900 in Tenn. get rural home loans

Associated Press

The most egregious examples of government waste, fraud or abuse.

Golden Hammer: Ag Dept. fails to punish stores that aid food stamp cheaters

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Judge blocks planned horse slaughter at 2 plants

Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

BOVARD: Dancing to the beat of the grapevine

By James Bovard

James McConnon, 5, of Alexandria, Va., crosses King Street by way of flood water, as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water here in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Agriculture Department bungled stimulus program to restore floodplains

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

New guidelines would make school lunches healthier

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

E-mails show Vilsack hastily decided to oust Sherrod

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

By Michael J. Crumb - Associated Press

Sherrod nixes return to USDA

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this image from video provided by the NAACP, Shirley Sherrod is shown speaking in March 2010 at a local NAACP banquet in Georgia. A conservative website posted video of Mrs. Sherrod's remarks, causing a furor that led to her condemnation by the NAACP and her ouster by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Until Tuesday, she was the Agriculture Department's director of rural development in Georgia. Then, she said, she was pressured by superiors to resign. (AP Photo/NAACP, ho)

Racial firestorm surrounds USDA employee’s ouster

By Ben Evans and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Black USDA official forced to quit, she says

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times