Advocates cite the potato’s health benefits, cost burdens for school districts in opposing regulations to starchy veggies in school meals
Dairy processors fight milk price controls - TheDC
While milk processors seek end to New Deal-era price controls, large dairy farming co-ops back bill to save their subsidies
FoodPolitik: Food cops have sour prescription for our diets - TheDC Opinion
FDA, Dept. of Agriculture open formal inquiry into how to achieve salt reduction goals
Shirley Sherrod sues Andrew Breitbart over infamous USDA video clip - TheDC
Breitbart defiantly dismisses the suit as ‘transparent effort to chill his constitutionally protected free speech’
Ethanol eats away U.S. corn supply - AP
After record-high levels of production in December and January, corn prices have risen to $7 per bushel from $3.50
Is America heading towards reparations?
The Pigford II settlement sets a dangerous and disturbing precedent.
Will Pigford vindicate Breitbart? - TheDC
Shirley Sherrod incident may have opened door to exposing one of the biggest fraud cases in history
Universities encourage students to receive welfare, food stamps - TheDC
Universities encouraging students to receive welfare benefits
GIPSA chief is finger lickin' bad
J. Dudley Butler, an Obama administration appointee, is using his position to enrich himself.
Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama - AP
The $4.5 billion bill passed by the House 264-157 Thursday would expand a program that provides full meals after school to all 50 states
CURRAN & ENNIS: Google fired workers, why can't Obama? - TheDC Opinion
If the federal government were run like a tech company, we’d all be better off.
Did Kyl already violate GOP ban on earmarks? - AP
Senate Republicans’ ban on earmarks – money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest – was short-lived
USDA, Dems plow taxpayers - TheDC
Pigford II settlement to black farmers to be opposed by Republicans in the House
Senate expected to approve $1.15B for black farmers - CNN
The Senate is also expected to clear in the same piece of legislation $3.4 billion to fund a separate settlement for Native Americans
Gov't aids cheese makers, scolds cheese eaters - NYT
At a cost of $140 million, Dept. of Agriculture simultaneously pushes cheese production while urging consumers to avoid fatty foods like cheese
Are Obama's czars using their positions to enrich themselves?
Too many Obama administration bureaucrats face conflicts of interest. They have to go.
Juan Williams and Shirley Sherrod: a comparison - Slate
Is Juan Williams being attacked by liberals as Shirley Sherrod was attacked by conservatives during her forced resignation fiasco?
