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Article: USDA Adds Walnuts to Government Sponsored Meals.
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- March 31, 2009
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FOLSOM, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its decision to purchase walnuts as part of the School Lunch Buy, a government sponsored feeding program.
"This purchase represents welcomed support from the USDA, making walnuts available for the first time in several years, and will help distribute the industry's record crop of 434,000 short tons, exceeding the previous record crop of 355,000 short tons set in 2005," says California Walnut Board Chairman and Public Member, Jerome B. Siebert, PhD.
"Our industry is proud to provide a tasty and nutritious product to school children and others ...