rollingstone.com - 12/17/2008
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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 into…Vilsack! Though his name may be the butt of jokes, ...
organicconsumers.org - 12/17/2008
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organicconsumers.org —
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 ...
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OCA: Vilsack Not "Change We Can Believe In"
guardian.co.uk - 12/20/2008
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guardian.co.uk —
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) – ...
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Robert Bryce: Obama's selection of Tom Vilsack as ...
hsus.typepad.com - 12/18/2008
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Today, in his regular blog "Animals & Politics,"
my colleague Michael Markarian posted a blog well worth...
reading about today's announcement by President-elect Barack Obama on his latest cabinet selections : former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack for Agriculture ...
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Wayne Pacelle: A Humane Nation
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Tom Vilsack = Big Win for Biofuels in Obama Cabinet
Earth2Tech —
... in the Cabinet. He laid out his thoughts on biofuels from corn (starting point, not the future), sugar (drop the tariff, please), and cellulosic feedstocks (totally hot) in an interview with Rolling Stone back in 2006, when he was running for President: ...
Vilsack on organic ag and ethanol
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... Here's another Vilsack interview from Rolling Stone, where he reveals the significant -- and in American political culture, courageous -- view that trade barriers to Brazilian cane sugar ethanol ought to come down: ...
U.S. Agriculture Nominee Attracts Controversy
Worldwatch Institute —
... Vilsack acknowledged ethanol's limitations, however, in a Rolling Stone interview after he announced his presidency in 2006. "Frankly, corn-based ethanol is not necessarily the wave of the future," he said. "Ethanol may be, but corn is not. There's not enough corn. There needs to be focus on switchgrass, on municipal waste, on timber, on other ways to produce ethanol that is more efficient." ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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dtnprogressivefarmer.com 1/15/2009 — 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 ...
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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 ...
Support Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture
thepetitionsite.com 1/9/2009 — 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 ...
Deputy "Secretary of Food"
kristof.blogs.nytimes.com 2/3/2009 — Nicholas Kristof calls for a reformer to be named deputy secretary of agriculture.
SupportVilsack.com
supportvilsack.com 1/6/2009 — O n December 16th, President elect Barack Obama nominated former Governor Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture in the new administration. The Governor is scheduled to start confirmation hearings on January 14th, 2009. A number of Governor ...
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 ...
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