Sentences with phrase «u.s. agriculture secretary»

Ed Schafer, the U.S. agriculture secretary, tried to deflect blame from the ethanol subsidies, claiming biofuel production only accounted for 2 - 3 % of the rise in food prices.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said, «Tree dies - offs of this magnitude are unprecedented and increase the risk of catastrophic wildfires that puts property and lives at risk.»

DENVER — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is visiting Colorado as part of a tour highlighting Trump administration priorities on support for farmers and food stamps.

The HSUS and the Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing a proposed rule designed to close the loophole in the Animal Welfare Act regulations that has allowed thousands of large - scale commercial puppy mills to operate without federal inspections or oversight, particularly operations that sell over the Internet.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Education Secretary Arne Duncan stated in a joint letter, «Qualifying schools and districts — for which 40 percent or more of families get nutrition assistance or participate in other programs — are eligible for a reimbursement rate of up to 100 percent of meals.

«Forest management on all lands can contribute significantly toward cooling a warming planet,» U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement.

The committee, chaired by forester Norm K. Johnson of Oregon State University in Corvallis, was convoked by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman in December 1997 to provide new guidelines for the Forest Service, a federal agency that has been at the center of a heated debate for decades.

At 8:45 a.m., U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue attends an Agriculture Listening Session at King Brothers Dairy with Republican Reps. John Faso, Elise Stefanik, and Claudia Tenney, 311 King Rd., Schuylerville.

From 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., vice chairwoman of the Clinton Foundation, Chelsea Clinton, former Motion Picture Association of America Chairman and CEO, U.S. Agriculture Secretary and U.S. Rep. Dan Glickman and NYC Public Advocate Tish James will be honored by NYC Coalition Against Hunger officials; Blue Water Grill restaurant, 31 Union Square West, Manhattan.

Morton later served as U.S. Agriculture Secretary under President Grover Cleveland.

«By relying upon existing data, we streamline operations, reduce payment errors and improve the efficiency of operations at the federal and local level,» U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad appeared with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Des Moines, Iowa, at a press conference and said consumer activists were conducting a «smear campaign» against meat producers.

The increasing impact and importance of our big annual event has been underscored by the growing participation of major officeholders, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, then - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Cook County (Chicago) Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

It also thanked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Sen. Diane Feinstein, D - Calif., and Reps. Jim Costa, D - Calif., and David Valadao, R - Calif., «for their efforts to help move this forward.»

Helena, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Forman will participate in a roundtable discussion next weekend on the economic importance of wine exports and agriculture...

Wind, Solar, Efficiency Grants Awarded to Farmers U.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has announced that 424 projects across the country will receive funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy system investments through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)...

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«What dairy farmers in America need now is some good news,» Tom Vilsack, president of the U.S. Dairy Export Council and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, told CNBC in an interview.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told a trade discussion in Washington last week that the U.S. would likely make a specific request to Canada for more access to its dairy and poultry markets.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe will take the stage, along with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and Mr. Jeffrey Zients, Director of the National Economic Council.

On April 12, Mr. Ryan spearheaded the drafting of a letter signed by the entire Wisconsin congressional delegation to the Commerce Secretary, the acting U.S. Trade Representative and the acting Agriculture Secretary.

Explaining the U.S. government's negative response to the urgent call from Rome for an emergency commitment of 1 million additional tons of grain to help close the 8 - to -12-million-ton gap, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz said, «It would have a bullish effect on the market.»

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

The ten member board, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, represents producers (beekeepers), packers, importers, and a marketing cooperative.

In a full - page paid advertisement in Tuesday's Washington Post, a group of organic brands, farmers and researchers demanded U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to reinstate the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule issued by the USDA in January 2017.

Mr. DiCaprio joins World Wildlife Fund President Yolanda Kakabadse, and Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Executive Director of UNICEF Ann Veneman as a member of the company's Advisory Board.

Jennifer Taylor Farmer: Glenwood, Georgia Jennifer Taylor is an associate professor in the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) and served on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the Honorable Tom Vilsack January, 2011 — January, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is encouraging dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP - Dairy), which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and feed...

As a member of the ATAC for Trade in Processed Foods and ITAC 16, Jack provided recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative on U.S. trade policy matters important to frozen food makers and distributors.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on national food waste reduction goals as announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and EPA:

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement by Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the announcement that President - elect Trump will nominate Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today issued the following statement by Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, on the announcement that President - elect Trump will nominate Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Ed Avalos, currently marketing director of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, has been nominated by President Obama as Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

During the third annual Food Waste & Hunger Summit, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack drew attention to efforts like The Campus Kitchens Project, which engages college and high school students to gather unused food from dining halls, grocery stores, restaurants and farmers» markets and deliver it to the less fortunate.

The meeting is being convened to examine the full spectrum of fruit and vegetable industry issues and to provide recommendations and ideas to the Secretary of Agriculture on how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can tailor programs and services to better meet the needs of the U.S. produce industry.

Tom Vilsack is the former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), holding this position from 2009 to January 2017.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

The Task Force is co-chaired by India's leading agricultural scientist, M.S. Swaminathan, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, and directed by Suzanne DiMaggio, Director of Policy Studies at the Asia Society.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture yesterday announced that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has tapped three individuals to fill leadership roles within the agency's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).

Legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate would, for the first time, give the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture authority to regulate all foods available in public schools.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue released a proclamation May 1 that praised the nation's schools for serving nutritious meals and committed to «provide significant technical assistance to schools as they continue to develop menus that are healthy and appealing to students,» but the statement also announced plans to undermine key standards that support... Read More

«The more we can reinforce the right set of choices and encourage the right set of choices, the greater the chances are that we will get a handle on obesity,» U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told «Good Morning America.»

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue released a proclamation May 1 that praised the nation's schools for serving nutritious meals and committed to «provide significant technical assistance to schools as they continue to develop menus that are healthy and appealing to students,» but the statement also announced plans to undermine key standards that support child nutrition.

Todd A. Bedenbaugh, Past President of the School Nutrition Association of South Carolina, had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue at City Roots Farm in Columbia, South Carolina.

In the next decade, as Under - Secretary of Agriculture, Haas oversaw the first updating of nutritional standards for the national school lunch program to bring them in line with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines.

Last December, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced grants for 82 projects spanning 52 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands in support of USDA's efforts to connect school cafeterias with local farmers and ranchers through its Farm - to - School program.

I have visited hard - hit farming areas together with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack and N.Y. Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Aubertine and we have seen the destruction firsthand.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today invited U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to visit New York and find federal assistance for the producers affected by the flooding.

Sonny Perdue III, the former governor of Georgia, is Trump's leading candidate to be his U.S. secretary of agriculture, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Senator Charles E. Schumer wants the Agriculture Secretary and U.S. Trade Representative to ramp up all available resources.