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Always the last to know

By Vicki Lipski | February 27, 2013

Climate Change

Quiz time, readers: what do the US Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, the Transportation Department, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, the Energy Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce, the Government Accountability Office, and the CIA have in common? It’s a long list of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate, climate change, Congress, energy policy, plutocracy, US Congress

Small bite in the right direction

By Staff Reports | January 2, 2011

Fresh fruit for lunch.

Last month, after a year and a half of Senate and House lobbying by First Lady Michelle Obama and school food advocates, President Obama signed the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (CNR) to the tune of $4.5 billion. A seemingly enormous amount of money, until you consider that it will be disbursed over ten years. Half of the money is slated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: community organizing, Congress, cooking, farming, food, Jan 2011, local food

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