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28 Dec 2009, 6:01 pm
On December 24, 2009, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made an announcement about the implementation of a new crop disaster program the department hopes will provide needed relied for farmers struggling as a result of natural disasters. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 10:02 pm
In a letter sent to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week, the group pointed to “repeated discoveries of meat imported from Australia that was contaminated with fecal material and digestive tract contents. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 7:21 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced "a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin" through the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). [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]
22 Jul 2010, 2:24 pm
Notes Howard Kurtz: As Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tried to pressure her into resigning, Sherrod says Deputy Under Secretary Cheryl Cook called her Monday to say "do it, because you're going to be on 'Glenn Beck' tonight. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 2:33 pm
While President Obama has "asked all Cabinet secretaries to cut 5 percent of their discretionary, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has asked the White House to allow USDA 'flexibility' so that" it can make cuts to mandatory programs in fiscal year 2012 rather than make cuts in discretionary programs, as reported in Ag Week. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 2:44 pm
Tom Laskawy at the Beyond Green blog has an interest post on the reasons why Vilsack "can't find anyone to run the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 3:41 am
The commission was set up by the United Food and Commercial Workers, and the panel included Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Dennis Hayashi, UC Davis Law Professor Bill Ong Hing and others.The commission found that US immigration agents had "violated workers' rights and traumatized communities. [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 Apr 2015, 10:01 pm
Department of Agriculture — have fallen by 10 percent, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who was appointed to head USDA when the president took office in 2009. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 7:11 am
USDA News Release; 2/4Release No. 0050.10Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623 Julie Rodriguez, DOI (202) 208-6416 Joshua Winchell, FWS (703) 358-2279 SALAZAR, VILSACK ESTABLISH NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND HUNTING ISSUES WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2010. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack were joined by Governor Brian Schweitzer today to announce the creation of the… [read post]
11 May 2010, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday announced new performance standards for the poultry industry to use in knocking down Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination levels.Vilsack said after two years under the new standards, the U.S. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 8:57 pm
After the White House and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack suggested that the automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester, could force the government to furlough all federal meat inspectors, the food industry is arguing that such a move would violate the government’s legal obligation to keep inspectors at work. [read post]
16 Sep 2009, 4:08 am
Yesterday, September 15, 2009, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced the new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative. [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]
16 Dec 2009, 1:59 am
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter yesterday to Secretary of Agricultre Tom Vilsack urging him to improve the testing program for ground beef meant for school lunches. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 1:53 pm
USDA Announces Formation of Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee WASHINGTON, March 8, 2010- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced he is seeking nominations from the public for the new Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Committee. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 8:54 am
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) spent this past August and September filming what USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack would later call "deplorable scenes" at Bushway Packing Inc. of Grand Isle, Vermont. [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 10:03 pm
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to finalize USDA’s Salmonella and Campylobacter performance standards as soon as possible. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa. [read post]
