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27 Apr 2012, 3:23 am by Leland E. Beck
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida has preliminarily enjoined the Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing its Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H–2B Aliens in the United States rule published last February and that was scheduled to become effective today. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 6:35 am
“The logistics of a just, equitable, and healthy agricultural landscape here in the United States would remain a problem if Michael Pollanhimself, Wendell Berry, or better yet Fred Magdoff were appointed Secretary of Agriculture. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 9:32 am
Health and Humans Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, a co-chair of the Food Safety Working Group, commented on the importance of the new center, '"As co-chairs of the Food Safety Working Group, we are committed to improving the safety of food produced in the United States, and also improving the safety of all the food that makes it to the American consumers' dinner tables . . . [read post]
17 Jan 2022, 9:28 am by Susan
Other members of the Council include former President Clinton and former U.S. secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 10:00 pm by John Munsell
Again, do we want this subjective and prejudiced mind set heading the United States Department of Agriculture? [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 9:01 pm by Dan Flynn
The United States has one vote in the international body of 188 members. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 7:42 am by lkp
Last week the United States Department of Agriculture introduced MyPlate to replace the food pyramid. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 9:05 pm by Coral Beach
Salmonella illness rates in the United States have not decreased in the last 20 years,” the letter states. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 9:44 am by P.J. Blount
Rose Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Space Security Conference Geneva, Switzerland March 29, 2012 Thank you for the kind introduction. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 6:09 am
" The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that in 2009 over 1 billion people in the world were chronically hungry.The secretary did acknowledge that international food aid will always be needed to solve short-term problems, but over the long-term there must be a shift to helping the neediest countries develop agricultural resources so they can provide for themselves. [read post]
25 Apr 2024, 2:14 pm by Susan Schneider
She has a Bachelor of Arts in social work from the University of Oklahoma, a Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University School of Law and a Master of Laws in agricultural and food law from the University of Arkansas School of Law.As a First American, she was the first enrolled tribal citizen to serve as general counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, was quoted Monday in Food Chemical News saying that misuse of Ivermectin, a broad-based antiparasitic animal drug, is a "systematic problem" in Brazil.That in turn caused Wenonah Hauter with Food & Water Watch to fax a letter over to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack demanding Brazil be dropped from the list of countries eligible to export meat to the United States.Hauter also asked Vilsack to stop… [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 1:59 am
DeLauro is concerned  DeLauro's office said the interim rule "represents a significant step towards importing poultry products from China into the United States," which has been essentially banned since 2004. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 5:28 am
While the job won't be easy, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is hopeful that his upcoming trip to Japan next week to discuss trade will lead to Japan re-opening its markets to US beef in a way that is beneficial to both countries.Since the first discovery of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003, Japan has limited importation of American beef. [read post]
30 Mar 2021, 9:03 pm by News Desk
NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association that represents the elected and appointed commissioners, secretaries, and directors of the departments of agriculture in all 50 states and four U.S. territories. [read post]
31 Mar 2017, 6:54 am
But elected leaders and agriculture advocacy groups in those states are now on high alert. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 10:34 am by Larry Catá Backer
They provide the normative and operational standard for the implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework for business and human rights structured around three pillars:[3]• The State duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business enterprises, through policies, regulation and adjudication. [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 6:00 am by Sarah Hiatt
She translated her intimate knowledge of agricultural issues and farm-family decision-making to the policy arena, working for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), first for the crop insurance program in the Western Region and most recently as the National Program Leader for Small Farms and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Washington, D.C. [read post]
22 Dec 2021, 1:54 pm by NARF
United States (Trust Relationship; Tucker Act) Alegre v. [read post]