DTN/The Progressive Farmer: Agriculture Markets, News and Weather
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

USDA's Vilsack hears complaints from small organic farmers
borganic.org 7/22/2009 — (www.Borganic.org) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said he's using the Obama Administration's “Rural Tour” to listen. On Thursday he got an earful from about 250 organic farmers and their supporters, who are concerned about what they consider unfair practices by big corporations in the ...

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 ...

First food garden at White House since WWII — Care2 News Network 3/23/2009
It will be the first working garden at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a so-called "victory garden" at the height of World War II. Submitted by Mansh K. to Green Lifestyle  |   Note-it!  ...

Is a Food Revolution Now in Season? — Care2 News Network 3/23/2009
AS tens of thousands of people recently strolled among booths of the nation’s largest organic and natural foods show here, munching on fair-trade chocolate and sipping organic wine, a few dozen pioneers of the industry sneaked off to an ...

Is a Food Revolution Now in Season? / In DC, the Gardener-in-Chief Embraces the Activists — Care2 News Network 3/23/2009
After being largely ignored for years by Washington, advocates of organic and locally grown food have found a receptive ear in the White House, which has vowed to encourage a more nutritious and sustainable food supply. Submitted by Larry Sheehy  ...

Foraging: the next food frontier — All MNN Content 3/23/2009
Eating what's available is more locally minded than locavore and more fundamental than organic, supporters say.

Slow food catching on like kudzu — All MNN Content 3/23/2009
Despite a love affair with processed cheese and canned meat, the Southern (whole) foodie soul is rising.