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Video of the Day: Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food

Sep 19, 2009
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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on their new initiative:

Vilsack Reactions

Dec 18, 2008
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Slow Food LA webmistress Lisa Lucas sent around a compilation of reactions from the sustainable food community:

"Civil Eats," the successor to the Slow Food Nation blog, notes the news and offers an "immodest proposal" for Obama's food policy.

Tom Philpott at Grist weighs in with his initial impressions. And further suggests that we shouldn't be surprised by the choice...adding today that having this much attention paid to the Ag Sec choice is, in itself, a good development.

Bonnie P. at The Ethicurean agrees that Vilsack isn't the best (and isn't the worst).

And Steph Larson points to an online letter to Vilsack now collecting signatures, urging Vilsack to followup on Barack Obama's campaign promise to make a real change in agriculture policy.

Marion Nestle is disappointed but is "willing to give [Vilsack] the benefit of the doubt, at least for awhile."

Also this morning, NPR talked with Michael Pollan about his reaction to the Vilsack announcement: