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22 Jul 2010, 7:35 am
To anyone who saw the video and the report — including Secretary of the Agriculture Tom Vilsack and the NAACP — it appeared that Sherrod had unabashedly admitted discriminating against whites in her official duties. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 5:36 am
A funny thing happened to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on his way to repairing the USDA's history of discrimination against African American farmers. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 5:36 am
A funny thing happened to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on his way to repairing the USDA's history of discrimination against African American farmers. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 7:22 pm
Sherrod; instead, it was Tom Vilsack, the able--and, based on the one occasion that I met him in Iowa, a very impressive man--Secretary of Agriculture who leapt to judgment. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 5:38 pm
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is reviewing his decision to fire Shirley Sherrod. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 5:05 pm
Later, [Agriculture Secretary Tom] Vilsack held his own news briefing to say that he had called Ms. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 12:16 pm
Ezra Klein: According to some of [Ben Smith's administration sources], Jim Messina, White House deputy chief of staff, was impressed by the speed with which Tom Vilsack canned Shirley Sherrod. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 7:03 am
AP: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday he would reconsider the department's decision to oust Sherrod over her comments that she didn't give a white farmer as much help as she could have 24 years ago. [. . .] [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 3:39 am
The immediate controversy over Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s removal of Sherrod from her post is interesting enough — both the NAACP and many conservatives withdrew their initial support for Sherrod’s firing and began defending her as more context emerged — but perhaps the more durable story worth public attention is the background, which includes a $1 billion lawsuit discrimination settlement of which $13 million went to Sherrod’s advocacy group… [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
A reestablished charter and 2010-2012 membership for the National Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.The food safety advisory group is attached to the U.S. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that the public voting period for the Apps for Healthy Kids competition has begun and will conclude on August 14 at noon EDT. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched a new feature on the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food website that highlights local and regional food systems and notes the multiple connections between farmers and consumers.The new resource highlights the importance of local and regional food systems, which happens to be one of the fastest growing aspects of agriculture that is instrumental to American agriculture, the economy, and rural communities. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 9:08 am
" Senator Tom Harkin, D-IA, has challenged the legality for planned cuts in the commissions paid to agents who sell these insurance policies, according to the Green Fields Blog of the Des Moines Register. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
David Lazarus, a senior advisor to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, is moving to the White House to serve as advisor to President Obama on agriculture and rural affairs, a position on the Domestic Policy Council that has been vacant for 18 months.Lazarus, who made the transition from the U.S. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 10:02 am
Lazarus is currently a senior advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and will move to his new position at the White House today, July 12. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius commended federal public health agencies Friday for "supporting the charge" of President Obama's Food Safety Working Group to improve the food safety system.The Food Safety Working Group, chaired by Vilsack and Sebelius, was launched by President Obama in March 2009 on the tail of a highly-publicized nationwide Salmonella outbreak tied to… [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 7:52 am
Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, announced a program to improve voluntary access to private land for recreational purposes including hunting and fishing on July 8, 2010. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
"This exciting new tool is one of the many ways that the USDA is working hard to use technology to provide the public with high quality service while using taxpayer dollars as efficiently as possible," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety reform since early 2009, when his Administration launched the Food Safety Working Group.In the statement President Obama noted the Food Safety Working Group, chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has issued recommendations on how to upgrade the food safety system and he outlined a few of the actions the Administration has taken. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 12:14 pm
Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, announced that USDA will provide over $19.7 million in fiscal year 2010 for "farmers and ranchers in 10 states to conserve water and improve water quality on agricultural working lands through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP). [read post]
