Recent
News Stories Use ERS Data and Analysis.
The Stamp That’s Never Worn Off (Food Stamp
Stigma)
Washington Post, Dailies - April 14, 2006
… New names for food stamp programs are in place
in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington, said
Margaret Andrews, an economist with the Agriculture Department's
Economic Research Service ...
Spinach: It’s Growing on Us
Washington Post, Arizona Republic – April
13, 2006
… According to figures from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, annual consumption
of all kinds of spinach - fresh, frozen and canned - jumped
66 percent in the decade between 1992 and 2002 ...
Filling a Faraway Niche
Even in Maine, Latinos' Future Affects Economy
Washington Post - April 8, 2006
... Since
1980, a U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] study found,
the number of Hispanics living in "non-metro" places—in
all, about 80 percent of the country's land area—has
doubled ...
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