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18 Aug 2015, 8:31 am by Sarah Hiatt
Alum and Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward featured in Agri Arkansas. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 8:58 am
Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the year-long celebration of USDA's 150th anniversary in 2012. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:37 am by Chris Eddy
The H-2A nonimmigrant worker visa program enables United States agricultural employers to employ foreign workers on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor or services. [read post]
17 May 2011, 10:34 am by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton
On May 13th, United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made an unusual visit to Massachusetts in order to bring attention to its growing biofuel sector and the USDA‘s efforts to invest in research and development projects that will help reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 7:00 am by Patrick S. O'Donnell
“The logistics of a just, equitable, and healthy agricultural landscape here in the United States would remain a problem if Michael Pollan himself, Wendell Berry, or better yet Fred Magdoff were appointed Secretary of Agriculture. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 7:04 am
Vilsack is the first sitting American Secretary of Agriculture to visit Vietnam.Vilsack stated that, "thanks to the productivity of America's farmers, ranchers and producers, our trading partners in the Asia Pacific region recognize the United States as a reliable supplier of the highest-quality food and agricultural products. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 8:54 am
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) spent this past August and September filming what USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack would later call "deplorable scenes" at Bushway Packing Inc. of Grand Isle, Vermont. [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Like Vilsack, Perdue was governor of a large diversified agricultural state who takes over USDA with very broad support. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 7:35 am by Susan Schneider
“The National Congress of American Indians applauds the creation of this new initiative,” said Jefferson Keel, president of the organization, which is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native tribal government organization in the United States. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 8:18 am
Most experts agree that the United States cannot solve this problem alone. . . [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 5:11 am by Susan Schneider
Secretary Vilsack is the voice of agriculture and food for the United States,” said Janie Hipp, director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas School of Law. [read post]
31 May 2022, 9:04 pm by Dan Flynn
The highly pathogenic avian flu is costing the United States so much that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is kept on the ready to pour more money into the fight. [read post]
7 Nov 2006, 8:46 am
The Department of Agriculture in the Philippines is reportedly conducting an investigation into "a multimillion-peso scam" allegedly involving former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante.[1] According to Ombudsman Meceditas Gutierrez, an investigation into an "alleged illegal transfer of P743-million [$14.9 million] worth of fertilizer funds to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's campaign kitty" in 2004 would result in an extradition request to the… [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 6:55 am
"According to the Reuters article, the United State first proposed creating such a fund at a meeting of the Group of Eight nation's in Italy back in 2008. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 7:30 am by Susan Schneider
“The National Congress of American Indians applauds the creation of this new initiative,” said Jefferson Keel, president of the organization, which is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native tribal government organization in the United States. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 4:13 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
CRS report via FAS – The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS): “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is comprised of nine members, two ex officio members, and other members as appointed by the President representing major departments and agencies within the federal executive branch. [read post]