Department of Agriculture
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Obama admin delays decision on development in national forests
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that it is delaying a decision on policy that guides the construction of new…
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We need to reform America's food safety system from the farm up
Another day, another disaster... In 1906, Upton Sinclair published his classic book The Jungle, awakening America's consciousness to the…
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Using less fertilizer has no meaningful effect on yield
Speaking of limiting the use of synthetic fertilizer, allow me to throw a little science your way courtesy of…
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The president's budget hints at a coming battle over one kind of ag subsidy
When President Barack Obama said during his recent address to Congress that "in this budget, we will... end direct payments…
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Kathleen Merrigan is a progressive's dream pick for the USDA
I guess this whole "activism" thing sometimes works. To have Kathleen Merrigan, one of Food Democracy Now's Sustainable Dozen,…
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USDA's People's Garden may not be all it's cracked up to be
US Department of Agriculture chief Tom Vilsack may not deserve that recently awarded Grist green thumbs-up after all. Obamafoodorama…
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USDA sees a food problem, but not the solution
Albert Einstein once said, "The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which…
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A former USDA worker claims that small farm numbers may be overstated
Are there more small farms or not? Everyone from Reuters to the NYT has documented what appears to…
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Vilsack continues to lay the groundwork for reform
There was some curiosity as to what stance U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Tom Vilsack would take in his speech…
