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1 Feb 2012, 12:00 am
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
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
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
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]
13 Jan 2012, 6:26 am
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said this week. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 6:26 am
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said this week. [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
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]
29 Dec 2011, 12:33 pm
Tom Vilsack issued the opposite order. [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 5:49 am
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]
13 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
Adding to the pressure facing federal food safety officials, a coalition of meat industry groups, both domestic and international, wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack late last week urging delay in implementing the Food Safety and Inspection Service's new policy on non-O157 E. coli. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack gave a speech in Milwaukee that included the following statement:"In 90 days, I expect the agency [FSIS] to announce the first step in transforming our traceback policy".The USDA"s Food Safety and Inspection Service announcement is now six weeks overdue, and the agency has yet to publicly announce even "THE FIRST STEP" in transforming its mostly nonexistent traceback policies. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 11:46 am
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and tell him that USDA should stop killing wildlife and prohibit the use of deadly toxic poisons. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 7:12 am
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack also participated in the discussions.Ambassador Kirk stated that, "The JCCT gives us a mechanism to address the toughest issues in out trade relationship, and we must judge it by out ability to make concrete progress. [read post]
20 Nov 2011, 7:40 pm
Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted improvements to a host of USDA programs and processes, including to the risk assessments and rulemaking process, being made to help farmers, ranchers and businesses continue to drive America's productive agricultural economy. [read post]
20 Nov 2011, 7:30 pm
Last week, Secretary Tom Vilsack announced funding to establish telemedicine and other health care projects to address unmet health care needs in the Delta region.Vilsack stated in a press release that, "Today's funding can help improve the health of rural residents who live in the south central portion of the country. [read post]
