Despite all the lobbying on the part of well-intentioned food activists, Obama has chosen an advocate of bio-tech and agribusiness as his Secretary of Agriculture. Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa, is also a strong supporter of ethanol based fuels, which create as many problems as they solve.
The Organic Consumers Association website posted a piece a week after the election listing the reasons why Vilsack would be a lousy choice for the position. It looks like change is going to remain a grassroots effort, at least as far as agriculture is concerned.
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