Tagged with Department Of Agriculture 
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'TIME' for Change
Sustainable ag meets the MSM—and wins! 14
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
TIME Magazine's current cover story wants you to know that our fossil-fueled, chemically intensive industrial food system is destined to fail. The second part of that sentence isn't news to Grist readers. But the first part of that sentence is news, but I wouldn't have expected to read such a strong critique of Big Ag in a bastion of the MSM.
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Forest gumption
New Obama forest plan leaves roadless rule intact 5
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid out a broad vision for the U.S. Forest Service on Friday, promising strong conservation measures and an emphasis on restoring damaged forests.
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The Negotiators
The Non-Concession concession? 1
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks agoHenry Waxman and Ed Markey seem to have mastered the art of the non-concession concession: striking deals with potential opponents in ways that meet their needs while minimizing (though not entirely eliminating) the negative impacts.
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Calling for Real Reform
Food safety in the 21st century 1
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks agoJust when America thought it was safe to go back into the grocery store, another food outbreak wakes us up to the fact that there is something seriously wrong with its food safety system. This time it's Nestle Toll House cookie dough with E.coli, a treat that nearly every kid in America reaches for a few times a month during the summer. This is yet another reminder why it’s important to get the new food safety legislation, currently winding its way through Congress, right.
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The roadless traveled
Obama admin delays decision on development in national forests 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The Obama administration announced on Thursday that they are delaying a decision on policy guiding the construction of new roads and other development in areas of national forests for one year.
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We need to reform America’s food safety system from the farm up 0
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Using less fertilizer has no meaningful effect on yield 0
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The president’s budget hints at a coming battle over one kind of ag subsidy 5
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Kathleen Merrigan is a progressive’s dream pick for the USDA 1
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USDA’s People’s Garden may not be all it’s cracked up to be 3
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USDA sees a food problem, but not the solution 1
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Bush’s former ag deputy slinks back from whence he came: a cush agribiz post 0
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A former USDA worker claims that small farm numbers may be overstated 6
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Vilsack continues to lay the groundwork for reform 7
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The players: Obama’s people 5
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It’s official: Nutrition will play a big role in reform at the USDA 1
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WaPo on the new USDA chief 1
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Direct and organic farm sales rise rapidly, new census shows 0
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True agricultural policy reform may require climate reform first 0
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Recent food safety struggles suggest the limits of regulation 2
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago