ethicurean.com - 2/4/2009
—
On Friday we published the first half of this epic attempt to compile a list of specific actions the new USDA could undertake in its first six months that would offer significant payoff in terms of real changes in the food system. After polling a cross-section of groups and individuals, we ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/30/2009
—
voices.washingtonpost.com —
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and
even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will ...
(more)
USDA Nears Decision on Food Safety Chief - Federal Eye -
ethicurean.com - 2/3/2009
—
ethicurean.com —
Above: National Agricultural Library archival image , shot
from the Washington Monument in the mid-1920s; US Department
of Agriculture greenhouses on the Mall are shown in foreground. The food system in this country has broken down like a ...
(more)
Ready, set, go change the food system: A checklist for ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
What the USDA needs to do now
Super Eco News Feed —
... U.S. food system is broken. Contaminated spinach, tomatoes, and peanut butter across the country speak volumes about food processing safety and food inspection standards. The huge USDA budget is packed with subsidies for corporate agriculture but too little is allocated for support of small farms that feed the "eat local" movement. To compete with the big-agriculture industrial food operations, small farmers and ranchers need a level planting field. The Ethicurean has a list of milestones—short term reasonable goals for measuring progress at the USDA. ...
Related Content
USDA fudging the numbers
gristmill.grist.org 2/23/2009 — By Tom Laskawy Are there more small farms or not? Everyone from Reuters to the NYT has documented what appears to be an increase in the number of small farms in the U.S. But blogging ag economist and former USDA Economic Research Service ...
Quick thoughts on the USDA’s ‘Know Your Farmer’ program
grist.org 9/17/2009 — by Tom Philpott What should we make of the USDA’s “ Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food ” initiative, which the agency rolled out this week?
USDA via Flickr After hearing USDA official Ann Wright’s remarks Tuesday in Chicago ...
Climate change comes to your backyard
wwwp.dailyclimate.org 3/23/2009 — Daily Climate: As winter retreats northward across the nation, gardeners are cleaning tools and turning attention to spring planting. But climate change is adding a new wrinkle, and now a standard reference – the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...
denverpost.com 2/26/2009 — The Department of Agriculture recently released its long-gestating definition of "naturally raised" meat. Previously, the word "natural" had been ill-defined and virtually unregulated. The new standard is a step in the right direction for our nation's ...
This is what democracy looks like
ethicurean.com 2/25/2009 — Today is a big day for all of us who believe not only in sustainable food and agriculture systems, but also in the democratic process. The months since the election brought an outpouring of engagement from citizens urging the Obama Administration to ...
A new direction on research at the USDA?
grist.org 18 days ago — by Paula Crossfield Last week, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gave a speech on the role of research at the USDA at the launch of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the research arm of that agency formerly referred to as the ...
Can the USDA really keep our food safe?
grist.org 24 days ago — by Tom Laskawy Having read and listened to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s attempts at ground beef-related damage control in the wake of the recent food safety revelations, I’m left to wonder if the USDA simply needs to get out of the ...
Release No. 0042.09
usda.gov 2/13/2009 — WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2009 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today "broke pavement" on the inaugural USDA The People's Garden during a ceremony on the grounds of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham ...
Beyond Green Blog
weaversway.coop 5/29/2009 — There's a distressing story in the Philly Inquirer today about the cancellation of the "Universal Feeding" program in Philly schools. Here's the skinny: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is supporting a Bush administration edict to end a ...
Follow EarthBlips on Twitter
