Sustainable-Ag Advocate Named Deputy USDA Secretary. By Tom Pilpott, Grist, February 23 2009. "President Obama suddenly seems intent on blazing a new path for USDA. Sure, he picked a farm-state governor with ties to the ethanol and biotech industries as USDA chief. But that's almost reflexive in our political system. The key question became: who would he pick as the deputy -- the official who typically gets things done and sets the tone for the department?... Obama chose Merrigan Kathleen, director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at Tufts... In the sustainable-ag community, the reaction has been near euphoric. Merrigan has made the 'sustainable dozen' list of deputy secretary candidates put forward by Iowa-based Food Democracy Now."
2009-02-25
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