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Kathleen A Merrigan

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Name: Kathleen A Merrigan

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Food Dialogues visit Chicago this week

Research conducted by the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) shows consumers want to know more about the journey food takes from farms to plates.Maple Park farmer Lynn Martz (second from left) told participants in a Food Dialogues held in Chicago ... [Published Farm Week Now - 1 hour ago]

Entities: U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, Chicago, Gene Kahn, Ellie Krieger, Kathleen A Merrigan

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Agriculture's Rising Force: Female Farmers

Women now account for 30% of US farmers(Newser) – One of the biggest changes in agriculture isn't so much about what type of seeds are being planted as who is planting them: women. Grist expands on a USDA study showing that the number of farms run by ... [Published Newser - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, Kathleen A Merrigan

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Agriculture

A top nonfarm bill ag issue

What are the top 10 nonfarm bill issues in American agriculture, according to Kathleen Merrigan, the former deputy ag secretary who came up with the "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative?Immigration reform was the first issue that Merrigan listed ... [Published Individual.com - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Kathleen A Merrigan, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Farmes fatales: Here are the women who grow your food [SLIDESHOW]

When somebody says, “farmer,” do you automatically think, “fella”? Well, think again. Almost one in three U.S. farmers is female — and that number is rising. “My belief is that the 2012 Agricultural Census will show robust growth in the number of women ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Kathleen A Merrigan, US Department of Agriculture, Census

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, women are taking the reins

For 56-year-old Tammy Burnell, who lost everything she owned in the 2008 Iowa floods, it’s the freedom to stand in the verdant fields of Burnell Farms in Royston, Ga., and call out to the heavens — and know no one can hear her. Hannah Breckbill, ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Organic, US Department of Agriculture, Kathleen A Merrigan

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Bringing Transparency To Food Production

U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance set to tackle transparency during June 19 Food Dialogues eventThe U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Food Dialogues event returns to Chicago June 19, this time tackling the topic of transparency in food production and ... [Published Southern Farmer - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Food Production, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, Gene Kahn, Maple Park (United States), Agriculture

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Nobody is 'too cool' for organic

A couple of years ago I was having a conversation with MOMs Organic Markets grocery director about some products we dont carry. She said something that caught my attentionthat theres a faction within the organic industry that considers itself too cool ... [Published New Hope 360 - May 29 2013]

Entities: Organic, Certification, Kathleen A Merrigan, Agriculture

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

MEDIA ADVISORY: USDA, EPA and Stakeholders to Discuss New Report on Honey Bee Health (HQ)

Release Date: 05/01/2013Contact Information: Molly Hooven (News Media Only), hooven.molly@epa.gov, 202-564-2313, 202-564-4355 WASHINGTON — Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator ... [Published EnviroLib - May 01 2013]

Entities: US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture, Kathleen A Merrigan

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 26 2013 - 1 reports

Sustainable food loses its biggest champion in Washington, D.C.

The Obama administration is losing its most powerful supporter of local and organic foods. Kathleen Merrigan, the No. 2 official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced last week that she would be leaving her post as USDA’s deputy secretary. ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Kathleen A Merrigan, US Department of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, Sustainable Agriculture

First reported Mar 22 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 1 reports

Surge in women farmers changing face of U.S. agriculture

WASHINGTON Linda Krsnak was weary of the male-dominated culture she was accustomed to growing up on a farm in Wentworth during the 1960s and 1970s, and knew she had to leave.Women werent supposed to be working the land and to Krsnak, she felt like an ... [Published Argus Leader - Mar 22 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Kathleen A Merrigan, US Department of Agriculture, Census, United States

First reported Mar 15 2013 - Updated Mar 15 2013 - 2 reports

USDA's No. 2 official quits; she promoted local food, small farms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kathleen Merrigan, who made promoting farmers markets and local food a top priority, has resigned as deputy agriculture secretary, a job that put her in charge of day-to-day operations of the mammoth federal department from 200 ... [Published Reuters: Politics - Mar 15 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Kathleen A Merrigan, MAMMOTH

First reported Feb 27 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 2 reports

SDSU to take lead in food grant

Two days before automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts will force the Department of Agriculture to hand out reductions of almost 10 percent to many programs, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan came to South Dakota State University ... [Published Argus Leader - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Kathleen A Merrigan, Agriculture, Nutrition

Quotes

The analysis that Apple and other companies have avoided taxation "is going to be an irritant to people" Merrigan said, and could, along with budget pressures for more government revenue and concerns about the Internal Revenue Service, lead to a new tax...

A top nonfarm bill ag issue [Published Individual.com - Jun 04 2013]

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Food Dialogues visit Chicago this week [Published Farm Week Now - 1 hour ago]
OVERNIGHT HEALTH: 'Young invincibles' want cove... [Published The Hill - 11 hours ago]
The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance Names Chef... [Published Individual.com - Jun 11 2013]
Agriculture's Rising Force: Female Farmers [Published Newser - Jun 08 2013]
A top nonfarm bill ag issue [Published Individual.com - Jun 04 2013]
Farmes fatales: Here are the women who grow you... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jun 03 2013]
Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, wome... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jun 03 2013]
Bringing Transparency To Food Production [Published Southern Farmer - Jun 03 2013]
Celebrity Chef Ellie Krieger To Moderate June 1... [Published Street Insider - May 30 2013]
Celebrity Chef Ellie Krieger To Moderate June 1... [Published TickerTech.com - May 30 2013]
Nobody is 'too cool' for organic [Published New Hope 360 - May 29 2013]
Pesticides aren't the biggest factor in honeybe... [Published 3quarksdaily - May 03 2013]
Pesticides aren't the biggest factor in honeybe... [Published Cosmic Log - May 02 2013]
MEDIA ADVISORY: USDA, EPA and Stakeholders to D... [Published EnviroLib - May 01 2013]
Sustainable food loses its biggest champion in ... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Mar 25 2013]
Surge in women farmers changing face of U.S. ag... [Published Argus Leader - Mar 22 2013]
USDA's No. 2 official quits; she promoted local... [Published Reuters: Politics - Mar 15 2013]
USDA's No. 2 official quits; she promoted local... [Published Reuters: U.S. - Mar 15 2013]
USDA announces millions in grant money to SDSU,... [Published Tri-State Neighbour - Mar 06 2013]
SDSU to take lead in food grant [Published Argus Leader - Feb 28 2013]
SDSU will oversee grant to improve state's heal... [Published Argus Leader - Feb 27 2013]
USDA Releases Report on the Growing Importance ... [Published United States Department of Agriculture - Feb 26 2013]
ReSource receives capital grant [Published Times Argus - Feb 18 2013]
More Communities Warm Up to Winter Markets [Published United States Department of Agriculture - Dec 06 2012]
USDA Awards First Grants to Increase Local Food... [Published United States Department of Agriculture - Nov 14 2012]
USDA Deputy Secretary promotes local agriculture [Published UV Cavalier Daily - Nov 07 2012]

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Farmes fatales: Here are the women who grow you... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jun 03 2013] When somebody says, “farmer,” do you automatically think, “fella”? Well, think again. Almost one in three U.S. farmers is female — and that number is rising. “My belief is that the 2012 Agricultural Census will show robust growth in the number of women ...
Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, wome... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - Jun 03 2013] For 56-year-old Tammy Burnell, who lost everything she owned in the 2008 Iowa floods, it’s the freedom to stand in the verdant fields of Burnell Farms in Royston, Ga., and call out to the heavens — and know no one can hear her. Hannah Breckbill, ...
Pesticides aren't the biggest factor in honeybe... [Published 3quarksdaily - May 03 2013] From MSNBC: The report says that a complex combination of causes is behind colony collapse disorder, or CCD, a term that applies to the difficult-to-explain losses that have hit U.S. honeybee colonies since 2006. In the worst cases, entire colonies ...
Pesticides aren't the biggest factor in honeybe... [Published Cosmic Log - May 02 2013] From 2012: Honeybees may be victims of widely used insecticides. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");/div> ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: USDA, EPA and Stakeholders to D... [Published EnviroLib - May 01 2013] Release Date: 05/01/2013Contact Information: Molly Hooven (News Media Only), hooven.molly@epa.gov, 202-564-2313, 202-564-4355 WASHINGTON — Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator ...