Biden’s pick for agriculture secretary raises serious red flags George Goehl Tom Vilsack is a corporate yes man and former lobbyist with a dismal record in his previous time as secretary. This is appalling ‘If the Biden team was looking for ways to unite the multi-racial working class, they have done so – in full-throated…
Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we review the historic series of lawsuits targeting Google and Facebook the past two weeks and discuss why these moves don’t go far enough. We also explain our recent amicus brief to the Supreme Court to head off a legal threat to the FTC’s authority. Biden —…
Below is my traditional Christmas column, easily the most requested piece I’ve ever written. Merry Christmas and, this year more than ever, Happy New Year. –Alan Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 Howard’s priceless gift of simple giving Alan Guebert The Christmas tree was a scrub cedar hacked from…
December 10, 2020 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 WASHINGTON –Due to unchecked corporate consolidation in the livestock industry, family farmers and ranchers have been subject to unfair and anticompetitive practices. But a new rule finalized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) falls short of providing meaningful protections from such practices. The rule, which amends the…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America For Immediate Release December 16, 2020 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here. Click here to view the web version. Ranch Group Completes First Ever Cattle Producers’ Long-Range Plan Billings, Mont. – Responding to 2020’s unprecedented anomalies in the U.S….
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Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 ‘Political democracy can endure only as guardian of economic democracy’ Alan Guebert In early 1999, I wrote a column about lions and gazelles. More precisely, I wrote a column on how, in the 1990s, American livestock farmers had become “gazelles… in the brutal…
Op-ed: Dear Secretary of Agriculture, This Is Your Chance Despite concerns from many corners, there is a roadmap to progress at USDA. By Ricardo Salvador Posted on: December 11, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden’s appointment of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture has triggered a wave of anger and frustration from many corners of the food…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2020 Contact: Hannah Packman, 303-819-8737 hpackman Rule Fails to Protect Farmers from Discriminatory Practices, According to Farmers Union WASHINGTON – Due to unchecked corporate consolidation in the livestock industry, family farmers and ranchers have been subject to unfair and anticompetitive practices. But a new rule finalized by the U.S. Department…
Cabinet pick offers hope December 8, 2020 Re: “Fight over Cabinet post could sway hunger policy,” Nov. 27 Denver Post news story This presidential election, for me, brought a sense of hope wrapped up in a sense of dread. As a rancher, processor, producer and local market owner, I have seen corporations relentlessly suffocate independent…