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Europe's renewable energy targets drive demand for wood pellets Other voices in the forestry sector, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, said that wood - based energy is renewable because the wood burned is replaced by other trees that take in carbon dioxide, making the process carbon - neutral.
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It includes secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Housing & Urban Development, and excludes Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education & Welfare, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security.
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 proposed rule follows recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board, a federal advisory committee of 15 citizens appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture that includes representation from the various stakeholders involved in the organic industry, including farmers, handlers, a retailer, a certifier, scientists, a natural resource conservationist and a consumer.
Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, said that while other regions are deep into promoting good farming and winemaking practices - including the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance - which helped develop the «Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Workbook,» Sonoma's plan is the most ambitious.
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.
SNA's problem is that almost everyone else is against them, including first lady Michelle Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the American Medical Association, the national Parent Teachers Association, and retired military officers, who are worried that too many young Americans are too obese to serve their country.
Participants include: US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack; First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray; MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews, Joy - Ann Reid and Krystal Ball; talk show host Wendy Williams, the parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis; parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Ana Marquez - Greene; Harvard University Professor Dr. Charles Ogletree; NBC News legal analyst and author Lisa Bloom; William H. «Billy» Murphy Jr., Esq.; Essence Magazine notables Michelle Ebanks and Susan Taylor; Viacom's Marva Smalls; The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel; actor Malik Yoba; and members of Congress.
In many states where the following positions are elected offices, voters elected state executive branch offices (including Lieutenant Governors (though some will be voted for on the same ticket as the gubernatorial nominee), Secretary of state, state Treasurer, state Auditor, state Attorney General, state Superintendent of Education, Commissioners of Insurance, Agriculture or, Labor, etc.) and state judicial branch offices (seats on state Supreme Courts and, in some states, state appellate courts).
Gillibrand said it includes the economy, education, health care reform, middle - class tax cuts, veterans» care, agriculture and, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, even oversight of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton - whose Senate seat she holds.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a number of new initiatives to help farmers cope with a changing climate, including the establishment of regional hubs that would provide information to growers (ClimateWire, June 6).
The same notification provision, Bentley notes, was included in a January 2009 memo from Tom Vilsack after he was confirmed as agriculture secretary under former President Barack Obama.
September 30, 2011 • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says changes to the school nutrition rule are underway, including more clarity on the recommendation to reduce kids» potato and starchy vegetable consumption.
In one interesting session Thursday [video], a pair of (current and former) secretaries of agriculture, Tom Vilsack and Dan Glickman, discussed food policy and politics, focusing in part on some under - appreciated aspects of the latest farm bill, including provisions boosting the value of food stamps at farmers» markets.
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide incentives in the form of emission allowances for activities undertaken in the agriculture sector that reduce GHG emissions or sequester carbon, including activities that prevent conversion of land that would increaseAgriculture to establish a program to provide incentives in the form of emission allowances for activities undertaken in the agriculture sector that reduce GHG emissions or sequester carbon, including activities that prevent conversion of land that would increaseagriculture sector that reduce GHG emissions or sequester carbon, including activities that prevent conversion of land that would increase emissions.