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3 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Obamafoodorama (March 29) reports on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's press conference in Iowa on March 28. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture on Monday, right under Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's window, to protest a proposal to expand an inspection system that shifts federal inspectors away from inspecting for quality defects and allows slaughter lines to speed up. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack demanding LFTB be completely banned from the school lunch program. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad held a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines in an effort to dispel LFTB's negative image. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 11:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
"USDA's partnership with the Department of Energy aims to improve our country's energy security and provide sustainable jobs in communities across the country," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 5:56 pm
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) both wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week asking that the product both be removed from lunches and also labeled for the general public. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 10:18 pm
Thanks to Bettina Siegel, whose blog “The Lunch Tray,” and her online petition on Change.org asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to “put an immediate end to the use of “pink slime” in our children’s school food,” she has now, according to breaking AP news, forced the U.S. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 1:46 pm by Howard Schweitzer
Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that rural electrical cooperative utilities in eight states will receive a share of almost $250 million in funding to install smart grid technologies and make improvements in generation and transmission facilities. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
On Wednesday, after this series was published, the Obama Administration announced this year's recipients of an annual grant to improve nutritional education in Native American communities.At a meeting of the National Congress of American Indians Wednesday, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that 17 tribes will receive additional funding for nutrition education programs this year. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
"Over the last few years, the United States has repeatedly asked India to justify its claim that a ban on poultry products from the United States is necessary," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a statement. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
Secretary Tom Vilsack said one of his first meetings, if not his first meeting, with the president was talking about the importance of food safety. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
"It's a jumping off point, so you can join the national conversation about where our food comes from," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
The number of food safety and plant health trade barriers plaguing U.S. agricultural exports is way up, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a congressional committee recently. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 7:07 am
When challenged at a House of Representatives appropriations hearing, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack gave weak excuses for eliminating MDP. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) grilled Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack over the cut. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 10:33 am
While the Administration has not accomplished everything we food safety advocates would like to see done, Mike Taylor, along with President Obama, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Under Secretary for Food Safety Elisabeth Hagen, and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, have made great progress on food safety in a rather short period of time. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 12:24 pm
While the Administration has not accomplished everything we food safety advocates would like to see done, Mike Taylor, along with President Obama, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Under Secretary for Food Safety Elisabeth Hagen, and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, have made great progress on food safety in a rather short period of time. [read post]
18 Feb 2012, 10:56 am by Susan Schneider
 Prior to this position, Doug served as a Senior Advisor to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and was the Chief of Staff to Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan.Doug spoke to our LL.M. class by Skype video conference, talking about his work, the experience that led him to USDA, and his support for the LL.M. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
"We are the world's two largest agricultural producers and strong collaborators in agricultural research and education," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the event. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
On February 2, I wrote a commentary that appeared on Food Safety News entitled "USDA Inspected and Approved High-Risk Meat. [read post]