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Establishing these standards are difficult because you have to follow the science you have to follow the dietary guidelines, but you also have to understand that they need to be implemented in the real world which is which is which is tough.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Maybe a biscuit can be instituted for a little variety, or grits can be provided where that may make sense from a geographic standpoint. You are sensitive to cultural demands and needs.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The [US Food and Drug Administration] provided some insight and direction by suggesting that it is easier for people to accept and adopt to reduced sodium if you do it over a period of time in small increments.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The purpose of this is to improve the health and welfare of our children. And I think everybody who comes to this issue shares that goal and hopefully, collectively, we can make sure it happens.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
That’s not what they get at home, we want to encourage kids to drink milk because there are there’s tremendous nutritional value in milk.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's an opportunity as well for the food and agriculture industry to benefit from the innovation and creativity that these young people will bring once they learn about all the exciting opportunities that exist at The USDA and in the food and agriculture industry.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is complicated. It's not a simple proposition, there are a lot of moving parts that have to be considered and looked at.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We encourage states and their formula manufacturers to work together to maximize access to infant formula for WIC participants, and The USDA will provide the funding to make that possible.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think you have to take you back 20, 30 years, when we know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture. We know this. We have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but we've never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think you have to take you back 20, 30 years when we know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture. We know this. We have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but we've never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think I have to take John Wesley Boyd Jr. back 20, 30 years, when Black Farmers know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture, black Farmers have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but Black Farmers have never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There is no effort designed to limit people’s intake of beef coming out of President Biden’s White House or USDA, sometimes in the political world, games get played and issues are injected into the conversation knowing full well that there’s no factual basis.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We were going to talk to you tonight about biofuels. But the powerful storm that swept through Iowa last week has taken a terrible toll on our farmers, our small businesses and our families who are still without power, so while we have the honor of casting Iowa's votes -- 11 for Bernie Sanders and 38 for Joe Biden -- we also want to ask to keep Iowans in your thoughts during this difficult time.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is a cascading series of events here that is disrupting the entire food chain, you start ending school lunch programs, universities shut down, food service shuts down, tourism and hotels have low occupancy and at the end of the day you have a tremendous amount of the overall supply of food having to be redirected.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
You can not read Iowans. They're guarded, so don't assume because people aren't hootin' and hollerin' that there's not passion, there's not energy. There's commitment. These people will show up. ... Some of these folks that are hootin' and hollerin' probably haven't made a single phone call and probably haven't knocked on a single door.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
They're going to be looking for somebody who, at the end of the day, understands how to move the country forward in a way that's realistic but also progressive.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In addition to addressing the unique healthcare needs for rural America Vice President Biden also outlined how we must do more for agriculture especially in trade relations and for beginning farmers, and for small farming operations that wish to market locally, i was happy to see President Biden desire to partner with American agriculture to enable our farmers to lead a global effort to a net zero greenhouse gas emissions future for farming.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think to focus on one action and ignore all the good the Obama administration did for the biofuel industry is unfair.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think it would be foolish for anyone to assume that a sitting president is easily defeated, i think we need to understand this is going to be a very, very difficult fight.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think he's finally realized that the Chinese tariffs have put a real strain on the countryside, and that if more tariffs are put on, the strain is going to get even worse.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They call them campaigns for a reason, they're tough. They're hard. Choices are difficult.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The time has come for Congress to change the way it funds the Forest Service.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's in the long-term best interest of the market to have safer food.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
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