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USDA doesn't expect to furlough any workers
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The USDA is reversing plans to furlough nearly 10,000 workers due to sequestration after a shift in funding and increased attention to savings, Federal News Radio reports.
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Sequestration 2013: USDA plans to furlough up to 34,000 employees
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The USDA says it will likely furlough 9,800 food safety and inspection workers for 11 days each to make up for $2 billion in budget cuts.
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Sequestration 2013: With Budget Cuts Looming, What Will this Mean for Your Food?
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One part of the total $85 billion cuts across the federal budget that are set to start kicking in this Friday as part of sequestration is hitting close to home – our dinner table.
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USDA sending food aid to Sandy victims
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The Agriculture Department is sending food aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy.
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Microgreens considered super vegetables
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Microgreens might be smaller than regular veggies and herbs, but their benefits can pack a nutritional punch.
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Manassas school gets federal attention for what it's cooking up in the cafeteria
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They had a tasting party with a purpose at Yorkshire Elementary in Manassas - get kids hooked on healthy foods.
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McDonald's suspends buys from Calif. slaughterhouse
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Federal officials say nothing they have seen so far in covert video shot in a California slaughterhouse shows meat from cows that may have been sick made it into the food supply.
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USDA closes after fire
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A small fire closed down two buildings of the U.S. Agriculture Department in Washington.
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