Obama Picks Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary

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Putting the Keystone Back on Our Wildlands Legacy

Carl Pope | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

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Vilsack acknowledged for the first time that climate change and fragmentation are a serious threat to the health of our forests.

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California Leadin'

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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There are problems with animal agriculture that still need attention, including painful mutilation of animals without anesthesia, the rampant use of antibiotics on factory farms, and waste generated by these operations.

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Obama's Choice of Vilsack: AgriBusiness as Usual at USDA?

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Today, the lukewarm reception Vilsack initially received has turned into real heat as the Obama transition team finds itself in the fire over the former Governor's appointment.

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Maybe Vilsack Won't Suck?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

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I honestly don't know what to make of the Vilsack nomination, so I asked Denise O'Brien, the organic farmer who ran for Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture in 2006, to share her invaluable Iowan insights.

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