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$80 Million for Wetlands and Working Ranches in the Everglades

Mark Tercek | Posted 09.15.2012 | Green
Read More: The Nature Conservancy, Secretary Vilsack, Agriculture, Conservation, Wetlands, Florida, Ranchers, Everglades, US Department of Agriculture, Federal Budget, Green News
Mark Tercek

In the highly partisan atmosphere of a presidential election year, it's encouraging to see examples of one thing that Americans can agree on: the importance of preserving our nation's natural heritage.

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If You Eat, You Better Get GIPSA

Dave Murphy | Posted 11.07.2011 | Home
Read More: Usda, U.S. Senate, Secretary Vilsack, Gipsa, Food Politics, Agriculture, President Obama, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Family Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Family Farms, Home News
Dave Murphy

The GIPSA rules would create a fair marketplace for farmers to sell their livestock without fear of retaliation from packers and integrators, require packers to maintain written records over price deviations and prevent undue preferences.

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Politics, Farmers And Change: The End Of Rural America

Dave Murphy | Posted 10.17.2011 | Politics
Read More: Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Tom Vilsack, Secretary Vilsack, Jobs, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Gipsa, Family Farm, Rural America, Rural-Economic-Development, Farmily Farming, Iowa Caucuses, Usda, Obama Iowa, Third World America, Politics News
Dave Murphy

Since 1960, when JFK was elected, America has lost over 1.7 million family farms, the backbone of rural economies, with the number of farmers in the U.S. today being outnumbered by prisoners.

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 10

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Gribusiness, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/30 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Rude Awakening

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

There's overwhelming evidence showing that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are unsafe. And there are plenty of sources for non-GMO corn.

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Vilsack Mistakenly Pitched "GMOs-Feed-the-World" to an Audience of Experts--Oops

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Hans Herren, Ge, Secretary Vilsack, Iaastd, Bill Gates, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, GM Food, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Global Population, Usda, Dupont, Monsanto, Biotechnology, Hunger, World Food Prize, Union of Concerned Scientists, GE Food, Local Food Systems, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Feed the World, Syngenta, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Gmos, Vilsack, Genetically Modified Foods, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

It is clear to the experts that the current generation of GMOs do not live up to the hype continuously broadcast by biotech companies and their promotional East Coast wing--the federal government.

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 9

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/32 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 8

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/36 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 7

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Canola, Soybeans, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/39 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 6

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/43 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people ...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 5

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/45 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 4

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/48 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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Monsanto: The World's Poster Child for Corporate Manipulation and Deceit - Part 3

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Iaastd, Secretary Vilsack, Small Farmers, The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Monsanto, Consumer Culture, Global Population, Usda, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Local Food Systems, Feed the World, Agribusiness, Community Food Security Coalition, Genetically Modified Foods, Dupont, Ge, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Gmos, Hans Herren, Vilsack, Supermarket News, Bill Gates, GM Food, Natural Foods, Syngenta, Hunger, World Food Prize, Consumer Trends, GE Food, GM Crops, Science and Technology for Development, GE Crops, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/52 When Forbes magazine declared Monsanto as the Company of the Year for 2009, millions of surprised people...

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We Need All Hands On Deck For Children's Health

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Health Care Costs, Michelle Obama, Secretary Vilsack, Children's Nutrition Act, Asthma, National School Lunch Program, Diabetes, Anti-Obesity, Obesity, Health Care, Allergies, Health, Healthy Living News
Robyn O'Brien

As any parent knows, the landscape of children's health has changed, often making childhood feel like a pre-existing condition.

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