Brownfield Ag News | Missouri Cattle Market Investigation Gaining Steam Reposted from: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/missouri-cattle-market-investigation-gaining-steam/ The Farm Action Fund Alliance is calling for more states to follow Missouri’s lead pushing to investigate […]

The Nation | Behind the Scenes: Personnel as Policy in the Biden Administration Reposted from: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/personnel-policy-biden-administration/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-administration-like-mullet-establishment-progressives_n_60162c18c5b622df90f40e57 President Biden is filling out his administration with some of the most diverse, progressive appointees in history. […]

Huffington Post | Joe Biden’s Administration Is Starting To Look Like A Mullet Reposted from: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-administration-like-mullet-establishment-progressives_n_60162c18c5b622df90f40e57 President Joe Biden’s administration is beginning to look like an ideological mullet: all establishment […]

Slate | Biden Needs to Bust Big Ag Immediately Reposted from: https://slate.com/business/2021/01/biden-big-food-agribusiness-rural-states-antitrust.html During the contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders ran on a […]

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 […]