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30 Jan 2017, 5:00 am by Kit Case
Several members of Congress have written to Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell regarding the danger of the chemical PAA, which is used to sanitize chickens in poultry plants. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 10:15 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $2.4 billion in electric loans will be invested in improving rural infrastructure with the potential beneficiaries being 113,000 rural customers in 33 states.The loans will go to 58 rural utilities and cooperatives. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 9:06 pm by Dan Flynn
In one of his final acts before leaving the USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed an agreement ending a turf war between his department and the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 9:09 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the White House have caused quite a stir in food and agriculture circles by warning that budget sequestration could lead to a two-week furlough of federal meat inspectors, which would effectively halt American meat and poultry processing. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 4:23 am by WIMS
A number of parties including The Humane Society of the United States (collectively “Levine”) appealed from a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (Secretary or USDA). [read post]
6 May 2010, 2:59 am
 The program is part of the first ever USDA Department-wide volunteer program for 'The People's Garden initiative,' established on February 12, 2009 by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 12:25 pm
Today US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced, via news release, that $116.9 million in funding is being provided from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 9:00 pm by Dan Flynn
Codex office, including more than 140 interviews of stakeholders, congressional staff, department officials and former U.S. agriculture secretaries. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 10:34 am
There appears to be plenty of room for growth in the organics market as the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reporting that, while generating $3.16 billion in sales in 2008, less than 1% of American farms are organic.Organic farms in the US “have higher average sales and higher average production expenses than US farms overall,” according to the NASS’s 2008 Organic… [read post]
9 Jan 2010, 11:11 am by Bill Marler
., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary Russell C. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
The number 2 food safety story of the year concerned USDA's regulatory bottleneck:Abe Lincoln saw the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) created with his signature in 1862 as "the people's department" with no need for its executive officer to be in the President's cabinet.The new department would operate like the Agricultural Division of the Patent Office that preceded it, without a role in politics or policy. [read post]
10 Feb 2015, 5:49 pm by Susan Schneider
"Before working at USDA, Doug served as the Assistant Director of the Ohio Agriculture Department, Senior Adviser to Iowa Democratic Gov. [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
Only Vilsack can say why he wants to be Secretary of Agriculture again. [read post]
1 Mar 2019, 7:18 am by lbergeson@lawbc.com
Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Agriculture, and EPA Administrator are outlined in support of the key role forests play in addressing U.S. energy needs. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 1:10 pm by Buce
Ezra Klein said something nice about city folk; agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack took offense. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 6:48 am
"Commenting from Hangzhou, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack said the US expects another announcement soon in which the ban imposed by China will be lifted. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 8:16 pm by Walter Olson
Stewart Baker is running a year-end contest to name the most regrettable uses of privacy law over the past year. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm by Dan Flynn
They are Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue; Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky; Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Gregory Ibach; and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney. [read post]