Imperial Valley News Center
USDA Awards $8 Million to Support Healthier Foods in Schools and Child Care Centers
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Washington, DC - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack 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 professional standards for all school nutrition employees who manage and operate the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, and $5.6 million will go to help states expand and enhance food service training programs and provide nutrition education in school, child care, and summer meal settings.
First Pieces of NASA’s Orion for Next Mission Come Together at Michoud
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Washington, DC - NASA is another small step closer to sending astronauts on a journey to Mars. On Saturday, engineers at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans welded together the first two segments of the Orion crew module that will fly atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a mission beyond the far side of the moon.
Evacuation Warning Issued for the Grant Grove Area of Kings Canyon National Park
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Wilsonia, California - In response to the current conditions on the Rough Fire, burning in Kings Canyon National Park and the Sierra and Sequoia national forests, the National Park Service is issuing an Evacuation Warning to park employees, concessions staff, residents of Wilsonia, and park visitors in the Grant Grove area north of the junction of Hwy. 180 and the Generals Highway (sometimes referred to as Hwy. 198).
Consumers’ Want of Freshly Prepared Foods Behind Growing Sales and Use of Slow Cookers
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Chicago, Illinois - Slow cookers have been around for over four decades but increasing interest in freshly prepared meals has made them the hot - so to speak - new appliance, says The NPD Group, a leading global information company. Consumers are either dusting off the slow cooker in their pantry since 81 percent of homes already own the appliance or buying new ones.
California-Mexico Partnership Addresses Climate Change
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Sacramento, California - A recent trade mission between California and Mexico has helped strengthen partnership efforts to accelerate clean energy investment and combat climate change at the regional level.
Clean Energy Jobs Act Citizens Oversight Board Elects Chair and Vice Chair
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Sacramento, California - Hosted by the California Energy Commission, the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39) Citizens Oversight Board today elected Kate Gordon as board chair and James Ray as vice chair. The six board members in attendance were joined by the two ex-officio members, Energy Commission Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller and California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker.
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