To help people make smart food choices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designed an easy-to-follow symbol: MyPlate. The plate graphic, with its different food groups, is a reminder of what — ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created MyPlate, an easy-to-follow food guide, to help parents to figure out how to feed their kids nutritious, balanced meals. The colorful divided plate ...

If you grew up in the '90s, you remember the Food Pyramid. It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health guidelines?

MyPlate, MyState is part of the USDA's efforts to support local and regional food systems and galvanize the important role American agriculture plays in feeding American families. Over the next year, ...

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First Lady Michelle Obama and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled the government’s new food icon, MyPlate, which replaces the decades’ old Food Pyramid. Dairy is represented as a blue circle off to the ...