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27 Sep 2014, 10:01 pm
In food safety, we now have “dual heads” that Barack Obama and Tom Vilsack want fitted into one hat. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 11:45 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers can begin signing up for new safety net programs next week established in the 2014 farm bill that replace the much-criticized direct payments with government payouts based on risks farmers face. [read post]
20 Sep 2014, 10:01 pm
While Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack removed Parnell from that panel faster than you can say “Ray Rice,” the peanut industry found a place of employment for him after PCA was liquidated, and that continued up to and through the trial. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 8:40 am
<> USDA Invests New Conservation Funds to Improve Lake Erie Water Quality - August 19, 2014--Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that $2 million in conservation funds will be sent to Ohio to help implement conservation techniques that will help improve water quality. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 10:12 pm
Department of Agriculture should rescind those laws and allow Congress to resolve the issue, said 112 members of Congress in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 10:02 pm
“Responding to a key concern raised by the courageous poultry workers who exposed the human cost of bringing chicken to our dinner plates, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez today took an important step to prioritize worker safety,” said NCLR CEO and President Janet Murguía. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 7:09 pm
Tom Vilsack, USDA secretary, said the new rule relies on “sound science to modernize food safety procedures and prevent thousands of illnesses a year. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 2:12 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called the rule a “longstanding effort” to “modernize our system” and said the agency is confident that it will result in safer food. [read post]
23 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm
Peter DeFazio (D-OR) are hoping that more members of Congress sign on to their letter to McCarthy and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging them not to approve Enlist Duo and 2,4-D-resistant crops. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 10:02 pm
” But, in a July 16 letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Howard Shelanski, administrator for OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the Safe Food Coalition argued that “stakeholders have no information about what those changes entail. [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm
In a letter sent to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday, FWW Executive Director Wenonah Hauter cited incidents of understaffing in the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which she said “directly contradict” agency testimony before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee in April that there have not been any gaps in inspection. [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 8:32 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is visiting Baltimore to promote efforts to ensure that low-income children who rely on subsidized meals during the school year can also receive meals during the summer. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 12:54 pm
In March, more than 100 organizations signed a letter to President Obama asking that the White House withdraw the proposed rule, and 68 members of Congress, including Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to do the same. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 8:42 am
<> Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces the 2014 National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Grants to Support Climate Resilience and Green Infrastructure - June 26, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the 2014 USDA Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge grant recipients. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 10:03 pm
When Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee in March, he said that court decisions indicate that the agency does not have the authority to declare antibiotic-resistant Salmonella an adulterant. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 10:01 pm
That task force will be co-chaired Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 5:14 am
Trade, this is Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talking food labelling in the EU and U.S.: Vilsack also seemed to urge a rethink of an EU law that requires food containing more than 0.9 percent GMO-derived product to be labeled as such. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 8:27 am
<> C2ES examines options for a felexible, ambitious climate agreement - The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) new report examining options for the new international climate change agreement due next year in Paris: "Building Flexibility and Ambition into a 2015 Climate Agreement" <> USDA Announces Funding Availability for Biomass Crops for Energy - WASHINGTON, June 9, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced… [read post]
30 May 2014, 8:41 am
<> USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs - May 29, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. [read post]
28 May 2014, 10:01 pm
When Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee in March, he said that court decisions indicate that the agency does not have the authority to declare antibiotic-resistant Salmonella an adulterant. [read post]
