USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently inducted Helen Chipman, NIFA’s national program leader for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), into the NIFA Hall of Fame. As the lone inductee for 2024, the Cooperative Extension system at large shares Chipman’s honor.
The NIFA Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to NIFA and the Land-grant University System and who, throughout their careers, engaged in activities that exemplify NIFA’s excellence in any combination of research, education and Extension delivered locally, regionally, nationally or internationally.
Food Loss and Waste Liaison Moves to NIFA
The USDA Food Loss and Waste (FLW) program has a new home in the Research, Education and Economics mission area under USDA NIFA.
The FLW program, formerly with the USDA Office of the Chief Economist, joins NIFA’s Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition’s program portfolio. USDA is in a unique position to help address the problems of FLW across the nation, including harmful impacts on climate heating and resources wasted throughout the food supply, from farm to fork.
Read more about the work of the FLW program and its liaison.
U.S. Global Change Research Program Seeks Public Comment on First National Nature Assessment
The U.S. Global Change Research Program is requesting public feedback on the proposed themes and topics of the first National Nature Assessment, a report aimed at assessing the condition of nature as an aspect of global change. The input received, due Nov. 4, will guide chapter author teams in developing their draft chapters. Read the Federal Register notice for more information.
