Public is invited to join Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan to discuss USDA's new digital "Compass"...The public is invited today to join Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan as she hosts a virtual conversation from the White House featuring USDA's new digital tool, the "Know Your Farmer Know Your Food Compass." The event will be livestreamed between 2:30 PM ET--4:00 PM ET at whitehous.gov/live, and questions can be submitted via Twitter to @USDA using the hashtag #KYF2. (Above: The front page of the Compass)
The Compass, unveiled last week, is an online multi-media narrative with stories, pictures and video about USDA’s support for local and regional food systems, and includes an interactive map of USDA-supported activities in all 50 states. Users can navigate USDA resources for local and regional foods; "meet" farmers, ranchers, businesses and communities in each state that are participating in local food chains; and learn about local and regional food projects across the country.
The Compass gives users the "10,000-foot view" of USDA's many programs, components, and business opportunities across the 17 agencies and additional offices that make up the Department, according to Merrigan. She will be joined today at the White House by guests invited from across the US, including farmers, food entrepreneurs, buyers, retailers, policy analysts, economic developers, tech designers and "many others who are engaged in local and regional food systems," USDA said. (Above: This photo of the President with dairy cows and their handlers is included in the Compass)Merrigan is the architect of the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, which launched in September of 2009. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Merrigan unveiled the Compass last Wednesday during a live webinar. Watch the video:
*Photos from USDA
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