Philadelphia’s Free Lunch Program Saved
The USDA has decided not to end Philadelphia's universal school feeding program, at least for the time being. A department spokesperson told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the USDA would postpone consideration of the initiative until the child nutrition reauthorization. Philadelphia's universal feeding program — set up as a pilot in 1991 ...
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June 6, 2009
What does the Latest USDA Appointment Mean for School Lunch? More Chicken Nuggets
By Ann Cooper, with Kate Adamick and Beth Collins — We’ve been asked numerous times over the past few months what we think about Obama's Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. At the onset, we were critical. Vilsack had supported many agribusiness practices that we abhor, such as promoting GMOs in the ...
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April 15, 2009
Don’t Cut Subsidies, Senators Tell Vilsack
By Deborah Lehmann — Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently proposed cutting farm subsidies for the richest farmers and using that money to improve child nutrition programs. But don't underestimate the power of the farm lobby. The chair of the House Committee on Agriculture said last week that the proposal is ...
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March 20, 2009
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