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A new kite mark will be developed for public sector canteens that provide nutritious food and encourage healthier eating, the Prime Minister announced. As part of a Food Matters - Towards a strategy for the 21st Century, the Government wants to support the public sector to lead the way in healthy eating by providing healthier food in their canteens.

Improved nutrition in early childhood may be linked to higher scores on intellectual tests, and this association is irrespective of the number of years of school attended, according to a report released on July 7, 2008 in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal.

Pete Kent has been named the new executive director of the Oregon Dairy Products Commission. He has been interim director since January.

The Federal Register announced a statutory 4.3% annual increase in the federal reimbursement provided to school nutrition programs. However, the increased reimbursement does not cover the estimated 11.6% increase in the cost of preparing and serving nutritious meals that schools have witnessed this year. The School Nutrition Association estimates that the average full cost to prepare a healthy school lunch is approximately $2.

After three complete growing seasons of Asian soybean rust (ASR) in the United States, there are signs the disease can potentially expand northward, and experts with Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business... [WebWire - Tuesday, July 08, 2008]

DuPont Group Vice president Jim Borel told a United Nations (UN) special meeting in New York yesterday that the public and private sectors must act quickly to knock down barriers and help small-scale ... [WebWire - Tuesday, July 08, 2008]

Authorized in New Farm Bill - - - WASHINGTON, July 2008 - America's farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments beginning today. - - "We pledged to make the Direct and Co... [WebWire - Tuesday, July 08, 2008]

Permission Is Granted in Presidential Disaster Counties for Grazing Only - - - WASHINGTON, July 2008 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that he is releasing Conse... [WebWire - Tuesday, July 08, 2008]

US researchers working on a study comparing approaches to weight loss, found that keeping a food diary can double weight loss as part of a managed programme; they said that the more food records they kept, the more weight the participants lost. The study was carried out by investigators from Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research, and is to be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A day of gains on the California firelines could be giving way to days of trouble.