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Originally posted by The Center for Food Safety

An effort to fight global poverty and hunger may become a Trojan horse to force genetically engineered crops on countries and farmers that do not want them. In the Senate, Senators Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) introduced the Global Food Security Act, which increases funding for agricultura… Continue

Act Now to Protect U.S. Food Safety...

Please write to President Obama and Secretary Vilsack Today!

There have been plenty of headlines and hearings and proposals put
forward in the last few years to choke a three-headed chicken. Yet
nothing has changed.

Instead, stories about our flawed food safety system just keep coming,
whether it's massive meat recalls, tainted spinach and peanut butter,
MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and now the swine
flu.

All of these outbreaks are… Continue

Secretary Vilsack: Support Organics, Not Genetic Engineering

While the Obama Administration has certainly made several positive inroads during the first 100 days of office, from appointing organic champion Kathleen Merrigan to Undersecretary of Agriculutre and planting organic gardens at both the White House and USDA headquarters, the Administration has chosen to champion genetically engineered crops at home and abroad.

Upon returning from his recent visit to the G8 summit in Italy, Secretary… Continue

source: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090501/BUSINESS01/905010384

Vilsack's approach as ag secretary surprises critics

By PHILIP BRASHER • pbrasher@dmreg.com • May 1, 2009

Washington, D.C. - The World War II-era poster that faces Tom Vilsack's desk should provide a clue that he may not be the kind of agriculture secretary expected of a former governor of Iowa, the land of big, high-tech grain and… Continue

source: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090501/BUSINESS01/905010384

You can't miss Iowa at the USDA

FURNISHINGS: Vilsack is putting an Iowa stamp on his new office suite. His desk is a replica of the Iowa governor's desk that he bought from a lawyer friend and had restored. Hanging behind the desk is a large photograph of two of Iowa's most famous figures in agriculture: Henry A. Wallace, the last I… Continue