Employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the union representing the agency's workers are suing the secretary of the deparment over a series of emails promoting Christianity. The workers and the National Federation of Federal Employees alleged in a federal complaint filed Wednesday that Secretary Brooke Rollins "has adopted a practice of sending increasingly proselytizing communications to the entire USDA workforce, promoting her own preferred brand of Christian beliefs and theology."
The legislation authorizes several critical USDA telecommunications programs, including the ReConnect Program, that have played a pivotal role in helping community-based providers connect rural residents.
I think the question you're asking, and it's a really important one, is while we're asking Americans to reconsider what they're eating, are we actually asking Americans - especially those who are living on the margins - are we asking them to spend more on their diet? And the answer to that is 'no.
For years, the food pyramid was the example of healthy eating that everyone in America was given, and now, more than a decade after it was discarded in favor of simpler recommendations, it's set for a return. The federal government had long tried to give Americans healthy eating advice, dating back to the "food wheel" of seven essential food groups in World War II, but the food pyramid was probably the most iconic.
An Idaho-based company is recalling nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The recall involves 16-ounce vacuum-sealed packages labeled Forward Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef. Affected packages were produced Dec. 16 and have a label telling customers to use or freeze the meat by Jan. 13. The affected beef also bears the establishment number EST 2083 on the side of its packaging.
We cut the eggs in half so that it stretches. We used to give out a whole dozen of eggs. Now we cut the dozens in half so they each get a half a dozen. We're in Georgia, where Jennifer Deal has been operating this food pantry for more than a decade. Now, for the first time, she's running out of food.
The Trump administration has cut nearly a billion dollars in food aid, creating a scarcity crisis at food banks across the country. We traveled to Georgia to observe how a decades-old emergency food system supported by the U.S.D.A. is being eroded by government spending cuts. We cut the eggs in half so that it stretches. We used to give out a whole dozen of eggs. Now we cut the dozens in half so they each get a half a dozen.
The full English is a U.K. tradition gracing morning meal tables nationwide - in Great Britain, that is. In the U.S., one of the staple elements of a full English carries a dicey legal status. A full English breakfast comprises eggs (fried, poached, or scrambled), sausages, toast, grilled or fried tomatoes, back bacon, English-style baked beans, and black pudding. Notably, black pudding is also a staple of the full Irish breakfast meal and the Ulster fry.
