http://tinyurl.com/bu5mnp

The Washington Post article quotes Vilsack making interesting
pronouncements like this:
"This is a department that intersects the lives of Americans two to
three times a day. Every single American," he said. "So I absolutely
see the constituency of this department as broader than those who
produce our food -- it extends to those who consume it."

This may become interesting.
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modom

In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> "We want to make a better connection between what kids eat and knowing
> where it comes from," he said. "I've seen it in my own family. If you
> educate kids at an early age, you can have a tremendous impact."

Every kid ought to learn how to prepare a chicken from alive to with
dumplings. It's called unwimpifying (blush, I just made that up). Most
can grow a carrot or pluck an apple, but a kid should have pluck in
other primal food fields. That isn't going to happen in a garden.
Perhaps rendering a coop of chickens and a cow named Molly can further
help the kids into "knowing where it comes from".

leo

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:21:09 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> "We want to make a better connection between what kids eat and knowing
>> where it comes from," he said. "I've seen it in my own family. If you
>> educate kids at an early age, you can have a tremendous impact."
>
>Every kid ought to learn how to prepare a chicken from alive to with
>dumplings. It's called unwimpifying (blush, I just made that up). Most
>can grow a carrot or pluck an apple, but a kid should have pluck in
>other primal food fields. That isn't going to happen in a garden.
>Perhaps rendering a coop of chickens and a cow named Molly can further
>help the kids into "knowing where it comes from".
>
I'd settle for a vegetable patch, Leo.
--

modom

In article
>,
Nancy2 > wrote:

> On Feb 6, 2:01 pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
> wrote:
> > http://tinyurl.com/bu5mnp
> >
> > The Washington Post article quotes Vilsack making interesting
> > pronouncements like this:
> > "This is a department that intersects the lives of Americans two to
> > three times a day. Every single American," he said. "So I absolutely
> > see the constituency of this department as broader than those who
> > produce our food -- it extends to those who consume it."
> >
> > This may become interesting.
> > --
> >
> > modom
>
> He's our former state governor - not known for his fluidity of
> expression, but knows ag. Is the FDA part of the USDA? If so, I hope
> he follows through with his vision. Of course, the main problem with
> those inspecting agencies is they don't have a big enough budget for
> the required inspections....
>
> N.

FDA is part of Health & Human Services, which would have been under Tom
Daschle had he not withdrawn. One of the smartest things the Obama
administration can do is streamline the food safety inspection process.
FDA inspects one set of foodstuffs (e.g., frozen cheese pizza), USDA
another (frozen pepperoni pizza), Department of Commerce fish... As the
latest peanut recall shows, there is minimal oversight and no coherent
strategy. Bringing all food safety inspections under a single entity
would be a great boon to public health.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:21:09 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> "We want to make a better connection between what kids eat and knowing
>> where it comes from," he said. "I've seen it in my own family. If you
>> educate kids at an early age, you can have a tremendous impact."
>
> Every kid ought to learn how to prepare a chicken from alive to with
> dumplings. It's called unwimpifying (blush, I just made that up). Most
> can grow a carrot or pluck an apple, but a kid should have pluck in
> other primal food fields. That isn't going to happen in a garden.
> Perhaps rendering a coop of chickens and a cow named Molly can further
> help the kids into "knowing where it comes from".
>
> leo

why, for god's sake? there's not enough room for one thing.

should every kid who uses a computer be able to build one? fabricate a
microchip?

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:01:23 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/bu5mnp
>
> The Washington Post article quotes Vilsack making interesting
> pronouncements like this:
> "This is a department that intersects the lives of Americans two to
> three times a day. Every single American," he said. "So I absolutely
> see the constituency of this department as broader than those who
> produce our food -- it extends to those who consume it."
>
> This may become interesting.

it's about ****ing time.

your pal,
blake

"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
> In article
> >,
> Nancy2 > wrote:
>
>> On Feb 6, 2:01 pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
>> wrote:
>> > http://tinyurl.com/bu5mnp
>> >
>> > The Washington Post article quotes Vilsack making interesting
>> > pronouncements like this:
>> > "This is a department that intersects the lives of Americans two to
>> > three times a day. Every single American," he said. "So I absolutely
>> > see the constituency of this department as broader than those who
>> > produce our food -- it extends to those who consume it."
>> >
>> > This may become interesting.
>> > --
>> >
>> > modom
>>
>> He's our former state governor - not known for his fluidity of
>> expression, but knows ag. Is the FDA part of the USDA? If so, I hope
>> he follows through with his vision. Of course, the main problem with
>> those inspecting agencies is they don't have a big enough budget for
>> the required inspections....
>>
>> N.
>
> FDA is part of Health & Human Services, which would have been under Tom
> Daschle had he not withdrawn. One of the smartest things the Obama
> administration can do is streamline the food safety inspection process.
> FDA inspects one set of foodstuffs (e.g., frozen cheese pizza), USDA
> another (frozen pepperoni pizza), Department of Commerce fish... As the
> latest peanut recall shows, there is minimal oversight and no coherent
> strategy. Bringing all food safety inspections under a single entity
> would be a great boon to public health.
>
> Cindy
>

Nice post!