Confusion clouds precisely what happened when sheriff’s deputies arrived at the Manna Storehouse, a food cooperative in rural Lorain County, Ohio, on December 1. As you can see in the video, Jacqueline and John Stowers say that law enforcement officers with guns herded them and their 10 children into one room in the house. […]

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ABC’s Jake Tapper is reporting that President-Elect Barack Obama will name former Iowa Governor Tom (Mr. Monsanto) Vilsack as the new secretary of agriculture.  As recently as the Monday before Thanksgiving, the Des Moines Register reported that Vilsack felt he was out of the running, but it appears he will now be named soon.
Sustainable and […]

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Food Democracy Now wants you to sign their petition urging President-Elect Barack Obama to choose a “sustainable” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Click here to add your voice to the chorus. And here’s their list of suggested nominees:

Gus Schumacher, Former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, […]

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