Comments on: He Peed in a Cup: Meet the Potential Secretary of Agriculture

By: Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:10:44 +0000

http://www.fooddemocracynow.org
is putting up some choices for AgSec who support sustainable farming and a care for our heritage of farms

1. Gus Schumacher, Former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Former Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture.
2. Chuck Hassebrook, Executive Director, Center for Rural Affairs, Lyons, NE.
3. Sarah Vogel, former two-term Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of North Dakota, attorney, Bismarck, ND.
4. Fred Kirschenmann, organic farmer, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Ames, IA and President, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Pocantico Hills, NY.
5. Mark Ritchie, current Minnesota Secretary of State, former policy analyst in Minnesota’s Department of Agriculture under Governor Rudy Perpich, co-founder of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
6. Neil Hamilton, attorney, Dwight D. Opperman Chair of Law and Professor of Law and Director, Agricultural Law Center, Drake University, Des Moines, IA.

By: Hizzhoner

Hizzhoner — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:24:57 +0000

About that Cow poo……

I toured a 5,000 cow operation with methane digesters and generators by Detroit Diesel….it was great….they generated all the electricity they needed for their farm + 60 other homes AND also generated enough biomethane for all the “rolling stock” (tractors, skid steers, trucks, etc) on the farm. This is definitely the wave of a future. We should put these on every dairy farm

hizzhoner

By: wagonjak

wagonjak — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:11:02 +0000

As a 66 year old I sympathize with his immediate need to pee…I often have to duck into the women’s room, or into a side yard when nature calls…it’s the rest of his resume that I don’t like…C

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:57:51 +0000

How can anyone be for big farming if they read up on the issue? I think Congressmen should be forced to read up on the subjects they want to get committee seats on.
They may disagree with the books but just like my old Psyche Professor said you must know Freud first to disprove him.
Then they should be tested yearly to see if they got at least a minimal understanding of the issue to keep their seat.

By: dosido

dosido — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:57:48 +0000

Sanford Bishop, aka the Dixie Cup Democrat, is a name that’s been leaked for Secretary of Agriculture

*snerk*
*snigger*

By: redX

redX — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:56:09 +0000

Change we can believe in.

Nice fairlytale.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:53:04 +0000

Plus he is an Eagle Scout that suggests that unlike Heck of a Job Brownie at FEMA he is competent slime.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:49:56 +0000

Slime yes but in the Appropriations Committee he can hurt us more promoting him maybe Obama’s way of getting rid of him.
Plus the new guy would owe Obama a favor.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:48:13 +0000

I think I want this guy as AG secretary rather than the Appropriations Committee now then if he leaves who moves up to the Appropriations Committee?
That is real important.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:47:31 +0000

Looks like the same kind of wormy appointments that W did, putting people in places where they could help their industry donors thru things like dismantling or not enforcing regulations that “hamper” the industry.