Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
dtnprogressivefarmer.com - 1/15/2009
DTN/The Progressive Farmer: Agriculture Markets, News and Weather
—
Tom Vilsack's confirmation hearing for agriculture secretary basically went off without a hitch Wednesday in Washington. The hearing effectively amounted to those wonderful, protracted question-speeches by senators working to stress to Vilsack all of the things they want to make sure he does for ...
tomdeiningerart.com - 1/22/2009
Tom Deininger
— tomdeiningerart.com — Tom Deininger (more) Tom Deininger

Comments vote down greenUPGRADER found this 1/22/2009found this
grist.org - 1/14/2009
The green scoop on Obama's Cabinet and administration picks | Grist | Grist Feature | 13 Nov 2008
— grist.org — The Picks EPA Administrator: Lisa Jackson While many enviros have had nice things to say about Jackson,... she's been a controversial figure in New Jersey, where she served as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection from February 2006 ... (more) The green scoop on Obama's Cabinet and administration ...

Comments vote down LIME Blogs found this 1/14/2009found this
thepetitionsite.com - 1/9/2009
Support Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture
— thepetitionsite.com — 9:10 am PST, Jan 10, John Nicholson, Iowa Having lived for 40+ years in New York, I... have seen and experienced skilled and effective elected official from Democratic, Republican and Liberal parties. I moved to Iowa in March, 2004 to encounter Tom ... (more) Support Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture

Comments vote down The Ethicurean found this 1/9/2009found this

Blog Reactions

The Ethicurean:  Show Senator Pat Roberts that small farmers aren’t little GQ-reading dilettantes

Grist - the Latest from Grist:  Revenge of the 'real' farmers

Comments
Blog Reactions

Show Senator Pat Roberts that small farmers aren’t little GQ-reading dilettantes
The Ethicurean — Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack went before the Senate Agriculture Committee today to be confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture. Brownfield has a short recap of the run-of-the-mill comments, the Senate Ag Committee page has a webcast archived, but go straight to Chris Clayton at the DTN Ag Policy Blog for the juicy bits. After Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) said he thought organic agriculture deserved more support, Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) offered this imaginatively gift-wrapped cowpie for a definition of “small family farmer”: “That small family farmer is about 5′2″…and ...

Revenge of the 'real' farmers
Grist - the Latest from Grist — By Tom Philpott In yesterday's post about the Vilsack hearing, I missed one small but remarkable bit of drama (notable at an event marked by lack thereof). Turns out that Sen. Pat Roberts (D-Kan.) delivered a sarcastic and, well, imbecilic little monologue comparing "small" organic farmers to the real men who run 10,000-acre wheat plantations in the plains of his state. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) had dared suggest that the USDA should think about supporting the work of family-scale organic farmers. That led Roberts to offer up a definition of "small farmer" for Vilsack's edification: That small family farmer is about 5'2", and I'm looking to ...

Related Content
Telegram Online
leadertelegram.com 12/26/2008 — Farmers, state pin hopes on ag secretary By Megan Parker Special to the Leader-Telegram Wisconsin's farm community generally heralded last week's selection of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as U.S. agriculture secretary. U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La ...
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supports E15 or E20 blend
autobloggreen.com 3/10/2009 — Yesterday, 11 Midwest Ag secretaries asked Obama to raise ethanol blend to 15 or 20 percent . It should come as no big surprise that Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, also made a statement in favor of raising the ethanol blend to either E15 or E20 "over the course of the next ...
Vilsack leads changes in food politics
supereco.com 3/23/2009 — A New York Times Sunday business section headline sums up the news coming from Washington over the past few months in a question: "Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?" As most question-mark headlines go, the article doesn't answer much, but does bring a wide number of recent ...
Whither Agriculture?: Vilsack, USDA and Future Challenges
amesprogressive.org 1/30/2009 — Frederick Kirschenmann is a distinguished fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. He is listed as one of the “Sustainable Dozen” by Food Democracy Now, an online petition to bring leaders in the sustainable ...
OCA: Vilsack Not "Change We Can Believe In"
organicconsumers.org 12/17/2008 — CLICK HERE TO STOP VILSACK'S CONFIRMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2008 Organic Consumers Association: Vilsack Not "Change We Can Believe In" WASHINGTON, DC – Today's announcement that former Iowa Governor, Tom Vilsack, has been selected as ...
Deputy "Secretary of Food"
kristof.blogs.nytimes.com 2/3/2009 — Nicholas Kristof calls for a reformer to be named deputy secretary of agriculture.
Agriculture Secretary in Talks to Raise Ethanol Blend (Update1)
bloomberg.com 2/7/2009 — Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Agriculture Department is in discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency about raising the amount of ethanol blended into the U.S. gasoline supply, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. About 21 percent of ...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: I’m Tom Vilsack! Who the Hell Are You? : Rolling Stone : National Affairs Daily
rollingstone.com 12/17/2008 — If you know Tom Vilsack’s name at all, you’re either a farm-state politics junkie, or a fan of the Daily Show , which has seared the appellation of the two-term Iowa governor into the minds of America’s youth by tweaking the Aflac duck call ...
Robert Bryce: Obama's selection of Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary shows commitment to ethanol production
guardian.co.uk 12/20/2008 — The senator from Big Corn is now the president-elect. And he's buying the hype on biofuels. On Tuesday, Stephen Power of the Wall Street Journal reported that Barack Obama's transition team has been talking to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) – ...
U.S. climate bill needs improvements: USDA's Vilsack | Green Business
reuters.com 6/12/2009 — Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The climate change bill being drafted in the U.S. House is ripe for improvement, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday, but he vowed farms and forests will play a central role in controlling ...