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Headline	Author	Published	Section
What the world needs now Three million more acres of industrial corn?	Tom Philpott	18 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, cellulosic ethanol, Department of Agriculture, industrial ag (all these topics)

The solution beneath our feet As food prices rise, policymakers ignore potential of home and community gardens	Guest author	11 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, gardening, organic food (all these topics)

Up, up, and away: corn edition Corn hits a new record -- $6 a bushel	Joseph Romm	06 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: cellulosic ethanol, energy, biofuels, agriculture, food, Department of Agriculture (all these topics)

Against the grain: What are they thinking? Part 2 Time bashes grain ethanol	Joseph Romm	03 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, cellulosic ethanol, deforestation, Department of Agriculture, energy, ethanol, renewable energy (all these topics)

Leave Us a Loan Federal loan program for coal-fired power plants suspended amid climate, cost concerns		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:10 AM on 05 Mar 2008 A federal loan program for coal-fired power plants in rural areas has been suspended due to concerns over climate change and the costs of the program. The Rural Utilities Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, issued $1.3 billion in loans to coal plants since 2001 under the program. However, RUS officials said costs for new coal-fired power plants ...
Topics: business, coal, Department of Agriculture, news, United States (all these topics)

Wildlife, Shmildlife USDA head suggests harvesting switchgrass on conservation land		04 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 1:25 PM on 04 Mar 2008 Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Tuesday that it would be a "great idea" to allow farmers to grow and harvest biofuel-bound switchgrass on land currently set aside as wildlife habitat. More than 34 million acres in the U.S. are in the Conservation Reserve Program, which pays landowners to convert cropland to native grasses and keep it largely untouche ...
Topics: biofuels, Department of Agriculture, energy, habitat loss, habitat protection, news (all these topics)

Smog struggle A view behind the scenes at the EPA and the White House	Frank O'Donnell	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, air pollution, climate, Department of Agriculture, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

The Butz Stops Here A reflection on the lasting legacy of 1970s USDA Secretary Earl Butz	Tom Philpott	07 Feb 2008	Victual Reality
Industrial agriculture lost one of its greatest champions last week: Earl "Rusty" Butz, secretary of the USDA under Nixon. Blustering, boisterous, and often vulgar, Butz lorded over the U.S. farm scene at a key period. He plunged a pitchfork into New Deal agricultural policies that sought to protect farmers from the big agribusiness companies whose interests he openly ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, industrial ag, Victual Reality (all these topics)

USDA food-safety czar: Ethanol waste causes tainted beef -- and that's okay Let cows eat vaccines along with distillers grains	Tom Philpott	28 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, biofuels, Department of Agriculture, energy, ethanol, food (all these topics)

War is peace; sickness is life Livestock registration, pitched by feds as voluntary, is creeping toward mandatory	Kurt Michael Friese	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, politics (all these topics)

Plying Chicken USDA orders Tyson Foods to stop using antibiotic-free labels on poultry		20 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 6:24 AM on 20 Nov 2007 Tyson Foods will no longer be allowed to use its "raised without antibiotics" label that the U.S. Department of Agriculture originally approved in May, due to a mix-up at the agency and disagreement over whether a medication used in Tyson's chicken feed should be classified as an antibiotic. Tyson launched a $70 million ad campaign in June touting its fresh chicken a ...
Topics: agriculture, business, Department of Agriculture, news, United States (all these topics)

Bush names a new USDA chief The former governor of North Dakota loves biofuel and GMOs	Tom Philpott	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Agriculture, GMOs, agriculture, biofuels, politics, industrial ag (all these topics)

Edward Scythe-Hands Former N.D. governor nominated as Agriculture Secretary		31 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:36 PM on 31 Oct 2007 George W. Bush has nominated Edward Schafer, a former North Dakota governor (and Republican, natch) to replace resigning Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns. The mustachioed Schafer must be confirmed by the Senate. Schafer's nomination was unexpected by Big Ag -- said one farm lobbyist, "Who's that?" sources:� Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters < Previous \| Next ...
Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, Department of Agriculture, news, politics (all these topics)

Take Your Chertoff Federal officials claim ethanol, border fence green as can be		02 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 2:11 PM on 02 Oct 2007 Well, phew. Ethanol's not to blame for high food prices and a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border will actually benefit the environment. If we can't believe the top federal farm official and the top federal security official, whom can we believe? From the Archives McCormick and Quits. President of Nature Conservancy resigns. Happy Decouple. States adopt decoupl ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, energy, ethanol, food, lying liars, national security, news (all these topics)

ADM's man at the USDA USDA secretary resigns; industrial-corn man takes charge	Tom Philpott	21 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, Department of Agriculture, industrial ag, politics (all these topics)

Mike Takes a Hike Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns resigns		20 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:01 AM on 20 Sep 2007 Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is resigning, President Bush announced today. He is expected to run as a Republican for an open U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, which is being vacated by retiring Sen. Chuck Hagel (R). source:� Associated Press see also, in Grist:� An interview with Chuck Hagel From the Archives I Fought the Thaw and the Thaw Won. Extent of sea ice in Arctic s ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, news, United States (all these topics)

The USDA goes all lukewarm on cellulosic ethanol In related news, the '07 corn harvest will break records	Tom Philpott	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic ethanol, Department of Agriculture, energy, ethanol (all these topics)

Agribusiness As Usual Huge organic dairy farm skirted organic rules, agrees to behave		30 Aug 2007	News
Posted at 12:11 PM on 30 Aug 2007 One of America's largest organic dairies has agreed to alter its operations to comply with national organic standards after the U.S. Department of Agriculture threatened to remove its certification for skirting the rules. Aurora Organic Dairy, which sells milk under the label High Meadows and also makes milk for private-label brands including Wild Oats and Wal-Mart, was accused ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, news, organic food, United States (all these topics)

The Cornucopia Institute bags another one USDA brings the enforcement hammer down on nation's largest organic dairy producer	David Roberts	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, organic food (all these topics)

Grass Backwards Carbon dioxide contributing to un-grassing of grassland, says new study		29 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Grass Backwards Carbon dioxide contributing to un-grassing of grassland, says new study Thanks in part to rising levels of carbon dioxide, the world's grasslands are turning into woody shrublands, says a new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. When researchers artificially doubled CO2 levels over sections of the Colorado plains, they observed a fortyfold increase in the growth of fringed ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, habitat loss, news (all these topics)

Nothing busted but our chops How the 2007 Farm Bill can help restore market competition	Aimee Witteman	13 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Congress, Department of Agriculture, Department of Justice, food, politics (all these topics)

Organic lite 'Organic' beer with conventional hops, and other USDA wishes	Tom Philpott	18 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, business, Department of Agriculture, food, greenwashing, organic food (all these topics)

Monsanto tastes defeat Twice in one week!	Tom Philpott	08 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, GMOs, industrial ag (all these topics)

Wanted: One good environmentalist USDA Seeks to fill enviro slot on Organic Board	Stephanie Paige Ogburn	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Agriculture, environmental movement, green jobs, politics (all these topics)

Java justice Implications of the last organic latte	Stephanie Paige Ogburn	12 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, organic food (all these topics)

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