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Getting Serious About Local and Regional Food: The USDA, The East Wing, and The West Wing Working Together
obamafoodorama.blogspot.com - 9/24/2009
Getting Serious About Local and Regional Food: The USDA, The East Wing, and The West Wing Working Together
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Kathleen Merrigan wants to be the financial matchmaker for the wedding of policy and paradigm sh ift... Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan just sent out a really exciting memo: "H arnessing USDA rural development programs to support local and regional food systems," which ...
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usda's Channel
— youtube.com — USDA Office of Communications - Our mission is to provide leadership, expertise, counsel and coordination for the... development of communications strategies which are vital to the overall formulation, awareness and acceptance of U.S. Department of ... (more) usda's Channel

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The Aesthetics of Trust: What It Takes to Break Through the Clutter
triplepundit.com - 9/25/2009
The Aesthetics of Trust: What It Takes to Break Through the Clutter
— triplepundit.com — By Mitch Baranowski, co-founder of BBMG You would think, with some 400+ trustmarks vying for consumer attention,... that most would dedicate a modicum of time and attention to the actual design of the trustmark. You know, so it stands out from the ... (more) The Aesthetics of Trust: What It Takes to Break Through ...

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Food & agriculture - Sept 24
Energy Bulletin - — ... opening of a food garden in the White House grounds - by backing a farmers' market just a stone's throw from her presidential home. Excitement levels among web-savvy organic food enthusiasts went through the roof today in anticipation. It was disclosed that an application had been made to the local city authorities in Washington DC to close Vermont Avenue on the north flank of the White House to traffic on Thursday afternoons for six weeks until the end of October... (9 Sept 2009) Getting Serious about Local and Regional Food: the UDSA, the East Wing, and the West Wing working ...

Another Monsanto man in a key USDA post? Obama’s ag policy’s giving me whiplash
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... Meanwhile, Michelle Obama—and her food ambassador, White House assistant chef/gardener Sam Kass—continues to push sustainable ag from the East Wing. One can assume she has some influence in the Oval Office. ...

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