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DOVER, N.H. - In 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm. Eleven generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants - arthritic from picking fruits and vegetables and battered by competition from supermarkets and pick-it-yourself farms - are selling their spread, which is among the oldest continuously operated family farms in America.
..."Eleven generations is unique," said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for R...
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As president, I'd select a Secretary of Agriculture who shares my commitment to America's farmers and ranchers and the importance of developing the rural economy, yet is not afraid to challenge entrenched special interests in Washington," he said. "I'd implement USDA policies that promote local and regional food systems, including assisting states to develop programs aimed at community-supported farms. "Now remember, this is a president who promised change, and [there's] not much change so far," agricultural economist Jim Wisemeyer mused at a Washington, D.C., speech to the Food and Agriculture Policy Summit. (The event was sponsored by Monsanto and the United Soybean Board. "That ups the odds that once we get to the USDA level, we could well see more of a reformer. Now, that's going ...
... for farm and foreign agricultural services; Chuck Hassebrook, executive director, Center for Rural A...
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When President-elect Barack Obama nominated former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture in mid-December, many ag- related groups hopped on the bandwagon with endorsements. But those who had hoped for a more progressive candidate to shake up the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent agenda of favoring agribusiness were less than enthused. As John Nichols of The Nation pointed out in his blog, The Beat, the agriculture department is one of our nation's largest non- defense agencies, with a $97 billion annual budget and more than 100,000 employees. Its jurisdiction is far-reaching, with, as National Public Radio's Howard Berkes describes them, "broad and sometimes competing mandates" that include management of national forests, food safety, school lunch programs, food stamps...
...Center for Rural Affairs Director Chuck Hassebrook is hopeful, saying that as Iowa's gover...
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Although Barack Obama has been president but a few days, we can already say with certainty - unlike before his inauguration - that he cannot fly, leap tall buildings or walk on water. Those feats, however, are chopped liver compared to cracking the good-old-boy cabal at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
... Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the widely respe...
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Although Barack Obama has been president but a few days we can already say with certainty - unlike before his inauguration - that he cannot fly, leap tall buildings or walk on water. Those feats, however, are chopped liver compared to cracking the good old boy cabal at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So far, say the foodies who backed Barack, the new prez is buckling to the status quo by appointing ag biz-types at USDA rather than fighting for a new team with new ideas.
... Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the widely respe...
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Although Barack Obama has been president but a few days, we already can say with certainty - unlike before his inauguration - that he cannot fly, leap tall buildings or walk on water. Those feats, however, are chopped liver compared to cracking the good old boy cabal at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So far, say the foodies who backed Barack, the new prez is buckling to the status quo by appointing ag biz-types at the USDA rather than fighting for a new team with new ideas.
... Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the widely respe...
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As Barack Obama ponders whom to pick as agriculture secretary, he should reframe the question. What he needs is actually a bold reformer in a position renamed "secretary of food. A Department of Agriculture made sense 100 years ago when 35 percent of Americans engaged in farming. But today, fewer than 2 percent are farmers. In contrast, 100 percent of Americans eat.
...- and names six terrific candidates, such as Chuck Hassebrook, a reformer in Nebraska. On several occ...
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PEMBERVILLE, Ohio - Like many farmers, Roger Burtchin is approaching an age when others are thinking about retiring. But he has no plans to stop planting corn and soybeans.
... and rural population drops, said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for R...
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TOWN OF DOVER, Wis. - Barney Lavin ought to be the poster child for ethanol. A fifth-generation corn farmer, working the land his family homesteaded in 1842, Lavin should see dollar signs over a proposed ethanol plant in this small southeastern Wisconsin town.
...Ethanol can help rural communities, said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for R...
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PEMBERVILLE, Ohio - Like many farmers, Roger Burtchin is approaching an age when others are thinking about retiring. But he has no plans to stop planting corn and soybeans.
... and rural population drops, said Chuck Hassebrook, executive director of the Center for R...
