Ten USDA reforms

The Ethicurean calls for change

By Culinate staff

February 11, 2009

The dedicated folks over at the Ethicurean have put together a lengthy, two-part essay on what they’d like to see happen at the USDA over the next several months. The quest? “To find out which policies the new USDA, led by former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, could reasonably put in place in its first six months to inspire real changes in the food system.” Part One has five goals (not marketing junk food to kids among them) and Part Two has five more (including supporting real farmers, not Big Ag). Check it out.