No one entity, no one law, no one anything is going to solve the challenge of creating a Food Environment and landscape that makes it easier, makes it not just easier, makes it easy to eat healthy. So its going to take the work of everybody and it is taking the work of everybody. But ultimately, we are a part of that, and so i think ultimately the Health Outcomes and obesity rates, theres a lot of other indicators that we are looking at to see are we on track, are we making progress. And those are things we look at a lot of the consumption patterns, things like fruits, vegetables consumption, water consumption just this last year regain the number one spot for the first time in decades as the most consumed drink, which is a big deal and really indicative of a shift thats under way. Of user fruits and vegetable consumption was up in a year given the economy we were not expecting that. We are seeing those kinds of ships, restaurants or sing shifts about what is being sold on their menus.
The clerk the speakers room, shington, d. C. , july 15, 2014. I hereby appoint the honorable Robert Pittinger to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. Lumenauer, for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. Last wednesday i joined several of my colleagues and hundreds of people in the congressional auditorium to watch a gripping new film, the interpreters by vice news about american failure to protect afghans wh
The end of the school year brings food insecurity to some local families who rely on school-provided lunches to feed their kids, but free federally-funded meal programs are returning to help families …
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore will be providing children free breakfast, lunch, or afternoon snacks in Norfolk, Portsmouth & Accomack.
Free meals will be offered for children 18 and younger at certain schools in Cass County and surrounding areas through a program from the United States Department of Agriculture.