/tags/tom-vilsack Tom Vilsack en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:07:31 GMT /business/2016-12-16/proposed-organic-livestock-welfare-rule-not-guaranteed-usdas-vilsack-says Controversial federal rules that would change the production of organic meat may not be finalized before President Barack Obama leaves office, leaving… Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:07:31 GMT /business/2016-12-16/proposed-organic-livestock-welfare-rule-not-guaranteed-usdas-vilsack-says Harvest Public Media /business/2016-11-15/while-cities-recover-the-rural-economy-still-struggles-to-shake-off-great-recession The Great Recession decimated the American economy more than eight years ago. And while many of America’s cities have crawled back to modest economic… Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:54:49 GMT /business/2016-11-15/while-cities-recover-the-rural-economy-still-struggles-to-shake-off-great-recession Harvest Public Media /business/2016-11-03/how-would-clinton-trump-support-family-farms In this series, Harvest Public Media reporters attempt answer your questions about the 2016 presidential election.We received many questions about the… Thu, 03 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMT /business/2016-11-03/how-would-clinton-trump-support-family-farms Harvest Public Media /business/2016-11-02/do-trump-clinton-support-labeling-gmos In this series, Harvest Public Media reporters attempt to answer your questions about the 2016 presidential election.We received a few questions about the… Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:00:00 GMT /business/2016-11-02/do-trump-clinton-support-labeling-gmos Harvest Public Media /business/2015-11-10/usda-computer-program-tarnished-overdue-over-budget Blake Hurst rides ten feet above his soybean field in northern Missouri, looking more like he’s playing a video game than driving a $350,000 high-tech… Tue, 10 Nov 2015 12:00:00 GMT /business/2015-11-10/usda-computer-program-tarnished-overdue-over-budget Harvest Public Media /health/2015-09-01/farmers-prepare-for-autumn-bird-flu-flare-up Farmers and agriculture officials are gearing up for another round of bird flu this fall, an outbreak they fear could be worse than the devastating spring… Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:19:31 GMT /health/2015-09-01/farmers-prepare-for-autumn-bird-flu-flare-up Harvest Public Media /politics/2015-06-10/interior-agriculture-secretaries-call-for-wildfire-funding-reforms Sally Jewell, the Secretary of the Interior and Tom Vilsack, the Secretary of Agriculture, came to Colorado Tuesday to urge a change in how the federal… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:00:16 GMT /politics/2015-06-10/interior-agriculture-secretaries-call-for-wildfire-funding-reforms Bente Birkeland /business/2015-01-21/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-and-for-fueling-a-ranchers-rebellion From their small farms set in the rolling hills of northeast Kansas, two ranchers are raising a few cattle, and a lot of Cain. David Pfrang and Jim… Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT /business/2015-01-21/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-and-for-fueling-a-ranchers-rebellion Mike McGraw /politics/2014-12-31/in-2014-political-fights-shaped-the-top-agriculture-stories 2014 was the year even the lunch ladies got political.Harvest Public Media was created four years ago to report on agriculture and food production in the… Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:07:47 GMT /politics/2014-12-31/in-2014-political-fights-shaped-the-top-agriculture-stories Harvest Public Media /business/2014-11-14/vilsack-meat-labeling-rules-may-change Rules that require more information on meat labels may be on the outs.U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack seemed to signal for the first time Friday… Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:16:44 GMT /business/2014-11-14/vilsack-meat-labeling-rules-may-change Jeremy Bernfeld