Part 2, continuing the conversation with Anna Lappé, the question that arises, what is the proper role for government to play with our food system? Lappé sees an important role for government to play. Without a strong government to represent the interests of the people, narrow private interests prevail, often to the detriment of society. [...]
Posted in ☕Food News | Also tagged anna lappe, climate change, cotton, dan imhoff, farm bill, food system, politics, rice, soy, washington, wheat |
January 25, 2010 From the Obama Foodorama blog: “President Obama today announced his intent to nominate Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Food Safety. Hagen will serve with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.” h/t @obamafoodorama Go to Original Post… Share and Enjoy: Related Posts:Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces $310 million in [...]
January 14, 2010 This from the FDA newsroom: “Michael R. Taylor, J.D., was named Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on Jan. 13, 2010. He is the first individual to hold the position, which was created along with a new Office of Foods in August 2009 to elevate the leadership [...]
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire | Also tagged bacteria, commercial food processors, e-coli, FDA, food, health, inspections, outbreaks, politics, processors, salmonella |
March 27, 2009 The Use of antibiotics in livestock and the possible connections to the emergence of a super bug? You may have read, that in 2005, there were 18,000 known deaths in the US that resulted from a type of Staph bacteria, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), pronounced mer-sa. MRSA (Staph) is resistant to broad-spectrum [...]
Posted in Food Conversations | Also tagged bacteria, FDA, food born illness, Fred Gerendasy, mrsa, mrsa netherlands, mrsa study, pig farmers, pigs, staph, swine, swine disease, tara smith |
