Food & Environment Reporting Network | Farmers, advocates concerned about Vilsack’s record on dairy issues Reposted from: https://thefern.org/ag_insider/farmers-advocates-concerned-about-vilsacks-record-on-dairy-issues/ Some dairy farmers and advocates are worried that president-elect Joe Biden’s pick […]

Fox News | Biden agricultural secretary pick made $1M a year off struggling farmers Reposted from: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-agricultural-secretary-pick-made-1m-a-year-off-struggling-farmers  President-elect Joe Biden plucked Tom Vilsack to serve as agricultural secretary, a former Iowa governor who filled […]

The American Prospect | Biden on the Farm Reposted from: https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/biden-on-the-farm-agriculture-food-policy/ President Donald Trump has repeatedly assured America’s farmers that he “love[s] and respect[s]” them, calling them “great patriots.” But […]

E&E News | Could Marcia Fudge change USDA for people of color? Reposted from: https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063719357 Rep. Marcia Fudge had lost her patience with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue by February 2019. […]

Mother Jones | Biden Would Be a Fool Not to Break Up Huge Food Conglomerates Reposted from: https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/11/biden-would-be-a-fool-not-to-break-up-huge-food-conglomerates/ During the contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, senators Elizabeth Warren […]

Mother Jones | What Biden’s Pick for USDA Chief Will Reveal About How He Intends to Govern Reposted from: https://www.motherjones.com/food/2020/11/biden-heidi-heitkamp-marcia-fudge-usda/ As the Biden-Harris transition pushes forward, without cooperation from the […]

Bloomberg Government | Agribusiness Critics Seek to Head Off Heitkamp’s USDA Prospects Reposted from: https://about.bgov.com/news/agribusiness-critics-seek-to-head-off-heitkamps-usda-prospects/ Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), a possible pick to head the Agriculture Department under President-elect […]

Politico | Progressives have knives out for Heitkamp as USDA race intensifies Reposted from: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/16/progressives-heitkamp-usda-race-436880  Progressives within agriculture are mounting an aggressive push to keep former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp from […]

The Nation | Want to Win Rural Voters? Fight Big Ag. Reposted from: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rural-voters-monopoly/ Wisconsin dairy farmer Sarah Lloyd believes she has the answer to a question that has convulsed […]

The American Prospect | Farmers Reject Biden’s Pro – Corporate Rural Advisors Reposted from: https://prospect.org/power/farmers-reject-bidens-pro-corporate-rural-advisers/ Political conventions traditionally feature an orgy of corporate lobbyists and big money courting public officials. You’d think […]