February 2009
1 post
Score one for sustainable food
Last time a president had the occasion to name a deputy USDA secretary, I had a rhetorical cow, man. Back in 2005, President Bush chose Chuck Conner, a man who had previously worked as a flack for Archer Daniels Midland, for that position. Could Bush have made a more explicit bow to the gods of agribusiness?
President Obama suddenly seems intent on blazing a new path for USDA. Sure, he picked a...