![]() ![]() Vilsack has promised to tap the U.S.D.A.’s Commodity Credit Corporation to encourage sustainable and climate-conscious growing methods, but he has said little about how he plans to convince farmers and ranchers in threadbare and dying rural communities that now is the time for big change. Tom Vilsack, the nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, is not just a holdover from the era of Barack Obama but a Clinton-style, pro-corporate moderate. ![]() In the opening weeks of his term, President Biden has not only rejoined the Paris climate accord, announced new emissions reduction targets, and canceled permits to build the Keystone XL pipeline and drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but also made climate change an essential consideration in foreign policy and national security, directed federal agencies to invest in communities of color that are bearing the brunt of climate change, and promised to address the impact of this crisis on immigration and the economy.īut there is at least one area where Biden’s climate critics remain skeptical: his approach to reforming the food system. Mark Bittman’s latest book arrives at a momentous time. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal By Mark Bittman ![]()
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