amesprogressive.org - 1/30/2009
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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 agriculture movement into the U.S. ...
kristof.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/3/2009
usda.gov - 2/6/2009
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usda.gov —
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack today announced that a new pilot project will
permit producers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin to plant such vegetables as cucumbers, green peas, lima ...
(more)
Release No. 0035.09
usda.gov - 1/26/2009
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usda.gov —
Combating childhood obesity and enhancing health and nutrition,
indicating that the Department should play a key role
in the public health debate and that nutrition programs should be seen as an opportunity to both alleviate hunger and prevent health ...
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Release No. 0026.09
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Digest - Opinion & features: Fred Kirschenmann questions, Pat Roberts explained, Wes Jackson expands
The Ethicurean —
... Peak soiler: Sustainable-ag visionary Fred Kirschenmann urges Secretary Vilsack to ponder a future in which oil will be $300 a barrel, fresh water resources are half what they are as today, and weather is twice as bad. What kind of agriculture should we be designing? And what could we do to launch a major global soil health restoration effort? (Ames Progressive.org) ...
Food reform, meet climate change
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... list of progressive food policy folks worthy of consideration for USDA jobs. In an op-ed, Kirschenmann asks the following question of Tom Vilsack: ...
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