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Richard Wolf USA Today 6/22/2015 WASHINGTON — Score one for the little guy. The Supreme Court sided with a renegade raisin farmer Monday in his battle against a federal program designed to keep excess raisins off the market. A majority of justices ruled that the Agriculture Department program, which seizes excess raisins from producers in […] June 28th, 2015 | Tags: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Marvin Horne, Michael McConnell, raisins | Category: 5th Amendment, Agriculture and Food Production, California, Department of Agriculture, Property rights, SCOTUS, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Michael Dorstewitz BizPac Review 3/23/2015 A Democratic operative and former Obama Ebola czar made a stunning admission in a magazine column published Sunday — that government is getting too big, and federal regulations pose a hindrance to growth. “Recent developments in Washington, especially the Obama administration’s greater desire to flex its regulatory muscles in several […] March 23rd, 2015 | Tags: children, daycare, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, home daycare, innovation, parental rights, Ron Klain, weight | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Agriculture, Economy, federal regulations, Michelle Obama, Progressives | Comments are closed
Terry Jones Investors.com 2/20/2015 From the same people who brought you four decades of increasing obesity based on their nutritional “science,” comes new guidelines that include taxes on dessert, plant-based diets, demonization of meat and electronic monitoring of your habits. Never fear, the food police are here. This list of intrusive, big-government insanity is brought […] February 21st, 2015 | Tags: big government, food, Food Nanny, The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee | Category: Agriculture and Food Production, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services, Government, Michelle Obama, Progressives | Comments are closed
Scott McFetridge Associated Press via ABC News 12/28/2014 For thousands of years, people have exchanged seeds to grow terrific tomatoes or produce the perfect potato, but a new effort to loan and borrow seeds has created a conflict between well-meaning gardeners and state agriculture officials who feel obligated to enforce laws restricting the practice. Seed […] December 29th, 2014 | Tags: "sprinkles", Food Nanny, seed exchanges, Seed Savers Exchange | Category: Agriculture and Food Production, Department of Agriculture, federal regulations, Food and Drug Administration, legislation, States | Comments are closed
Talking shopping carts, spotlighting on vegetables Elizabeth Harrington The Washington Free Beacon 7/15/2014 …“These strategies, in particular, draw on principles of behavioral economics to nudge consumers towards healthier choices,” the report said. The panel came up with six preferred strategies: discount coupons for SNAP recipients; rebates of up to $60 for healthy purchases on EBT […] July 20th, 2014 | Tags: “Nudging Nutrition”, EBT cards, MyCart, MyPlate, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) | Category: Department of Agriculture, Michelle Obama, Progressives | Comments are closed
Pamela Geller Atlas Shrugs 3/13/2014 The relentless push to islamicize the public square, and in this case the public school, escalates in New York City. Fresh on the heels of Muslim school holidays comes this demand for halal food in the New York City public schools. According to these well-coached children, the vegetarian option is […] March 13th, 2014 | Tags: halal, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Let's Move, school lunches | Category: Department of Agriculture, Education, Islam, Michelle Obama, New York, Taxes, Video | Comments are closed
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