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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]
1 Feb 2012, 12:00 am by Sebastian Rowland
First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week new standards for school lunches as part of a national effort to fight childhood obesity. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
 Now the agency must rise to meet its new public health role, by streamlining, prioritizing, and publicizing the vaccine approval process for those technologies that could have a significant impact on public health.Here's a letter written by the Center for Science in the Public Interest to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack about the delay in vaccine approvals. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 12:19 pm by Irene
The updated process is part of the USDA’s efforts to ensure that all its “customers” have equal access to its programs, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
"The First Lady and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ate lunch with nearly 800 students at Parklawn Elementary School, located just outside of Washington, DC, on Wednesday to draw attention to the new rule. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 2:45 pm by Susan Schneider
 Janie serves as Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and is also the Director of the new USDA Office of Tribal Relations within the Office of the Secretary. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
We believe this will result in a more efficient and more effective process and certainly a more efficient and effective use of taxpayer dollars," said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack during the call with reporters Friday. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 10:10 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack touted biofuels in Chicago on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.Meanwhile, a Boston BizJournal post on January 17 noted:Joule believes its process could ultimately produce 15,000 gallons of diesel per acre per year, at a cost of $20 per barrel with government biofuel subsidies, and $50 per barrel without subsidies. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Only in America can we deceive ourselves into thinking that plants need three layers of inspection oversight, in addition to two layers of headquarters' non-inspection bureaucracy.With the development of technology, including laptops for all inspectors, now is the time for FSIS to closely scrutinize its multiple layers of redundant oversight, many of which require government vehicles, while accumulating  motel room costs, meals, etc.I heartily congratulate USDA Secretary Tom… [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 2:01 am by Stu Ellis
Nationally the closures include: 1) 131 county FSA offices in 32 states 2) 2 Foreign Agriculture Service offices abroad 3) 15 Animal and Plant Health Inspection offices in the US and 5 abroad 4) 43 area Rural Development offices in 17 states 5) 24 NRCS soil survey offices in 21 states 6) 5 district Food Safety and Inspection Service offices 7) 12 Agriculture Research Service programs in 10 locations 8) 31 field offices of the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Service in 28 states Announcing the… [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 5:49 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Within a post titled The Top 100 People in Bioenergy, 2011-12, BiofuelsDigest named Tom Vilsack numero uno.There were several professors on the list:18. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled a progress report Wednesday, highlighting areas of the initiative they say are working. [read post]