Last week we heard the results of an experiment in double dipping. Prof. Paul L. Dawson of Clemson University wanted to test the conventional wisdom that redipping a chip after you’ve bitten some off will spread germs in the community dip. But people who have no such resources do their own experiments every day.

Even with difficult-to-digest proposals to curb Medicare costs and kill programs to repair dilapidated public housing, fund community action agencies and provide food to the elderly poor, Mr. Bush's $3 trillion budget will project deficits around $400 billion this year and next.

We the undersigned are calling upon the international community to take immidiate action against the planned elimination of the Iraqi food rationing system by the Government of Iraq. we call upon the international community their ppls to use their influence and demand the Baghdad based regime change its direction and maintain the ration service

"That's like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!": Just in time for this Sunday's Super Bowl parties, the great Harold McGee takes a scientific look at double-dipping and just what's going on at the bottom of the communal...

Local economy, public health, resource conservation, foreign oil, personal spending... all these issues weigh into the choice of what to buy at the grocery store. Or whether to join a CSA (community-supported agriculture, which allows you to buy a share of a farm's harvest). Organic vs. conventional is just the beginning of the food debate.

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was established in August 8, 1969. FNS is the Federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s domestic nutrition assistance programs. It administers the programs through its Headquarters (HQ) in Alexandria, VA; Regional offices (ROs) in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number amongst USDA's fewest, its budget is by far the largest. ServicesFNS products and services enhance the lives of one in five Americans; its main products and services include:commodities supplied as: prepared meals that are served at congregate feeding sites; food packages that may be used for home consumption; and disaster relief assistance;food assistance through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards; nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free meals and snacks; vouchers; and, fresh, locally grown produce;nutrition education and promotion materials and presentations delivered by expert staff and senior managers; andfood safety and security efforts, technical assistance and informational materials. Nutrition assistance programsThese products and services are provided to customers through fifteen domestic nutrition assistance programs:Food Stamp Program (FSP)National School Lunch Program (NSLP)School Breakfast Program (SBP)Special Milk Program (SMP)Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)Pacific Island Assistance ProgramNutrition Assistance Block Grants, including Nutrition Assistance for Puerto RicoFresh Fruit and Vegetable ProgramIn the United States, the lunches that are subsidized by the NSLP are nearly ubiquitous in public schools. The program has operated since 1946.The FNS is in charge of the national "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign which encourages Americans (more specifically, children and teens) to follow the healthy eating guidelines set by MyPyramid. The spokescharacter of the "Eat Smart, Play Hard" campaign is Power Panther.