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Wenonah Hauter: Food Policy We Can’t Believe In

As the popular face of the Obama administration’s advocacy for healthy, nutritious food, Michelle Obama has conveniently side-stepped several critical consumer food issues like organics, genetically engineered food, fair markets for farmers and ranchers, and local and regional food economies. But, while Mrs. Continue reading

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C. Nicole Mason: The Trouble with Shirley: Race, Power and the Cow in the Room

The trouble with Shirley Sherrod is that she told the truth. In a small town speech before an even smaller NAACP chapter, she grappled publicly with the discomfort of what happens when power and decisions that can impact the lives of ordinary Americans are in the hands of individuals who have traditionally been shut off from power or not had access to resources. In many ways, it is the struggle that Obama has been confronting since he took office. Continue reading

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Ronnie Cummins: The Unholy Alliance: Monsanto, Dupont & Obama

President Obama knows that agribusiness cannot be trusted with the policy and regulatory powers of government. On the campaign trail in 2007, he promised: We’ll tell ConAgra that it’s not the Department of Agribusiness. It’s the Department of Agriculture. Continue reading

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