Tag Archives: President Obama

Millions Sought for Global Fund to Aid Farms: NYTimes World

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Robin Reichhardt

EARTH DAY: HELENE COOPER reports from Washinton DC: The Obama administration is proposing to add $408 million to a global fund to boost food production and encourage good farming practices in the developing world, the Treasury Department announced on Thursday. … Continue reading →

Posted in Repost | Tagged agriculture, aid, budget, farm, funding, Gates Foundation, money, President Obama, Treasury Department, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, World Bank | Leave a comment

Obama Appoints Pesticide Boss As Top Government Agriculture Negotiator

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Robin Reichhardt

While the Government slumbers through spring break, President Obama: (…) bypass(ed) a vacationing senate to make recess appointments of 15 nominees, including an Indian American; agricultural scientist (Dr. Islam A. Siddiqui,) as chief agricultural negotiator in trade talks. (Economic Times, … Continue reading →

Posted in Original content, Repost | Tagged agriculture, corporations, Dr. Islam Siddiqui, government, pesticides, President Obama, USDA | 1 Comment

The White Supremacist in Us: Rinku Sen

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

Rinku Sen, Executive Director of Applied Research Center and Publisher of ColorLines, weighs in on the white supremacy that is “deeply embedded in our minds” and culture. Read the full story at the Huffington Post here.

Posted in Repost | Tagged abortion, Applied Research Center, bias, ColorLines, economic recovery, economy, George Tiller, hate crimes, health care, Huffington Post, immigration, implicit bias, people of color, prejudice, President Obama, race, racism, recession, Rinku Sen, unemployment, United States, Von Brunn, white supremacists, white supremacy | 1 Comment

Sotomayor Nomination to Supreme Court Brings Up Uncertain Meaning of Activism

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

The NYTimes reports: (…) while Judge Sotomayor has occasionally made statements outside court that conservatives find objectionable, it is far from clear that her judicial record supports the accusation that she is an activist. Several empirical studies have concluded that … Continue reading →

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Obama Adds Money to Pay Black Farmers for Bias: NYTimes

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

In yesterdays NYTimes, a blurb in the Business section announced: The White House has added $1.15 billion to a fund meant to settle claims made under a discrimination lawsuit filed by black farmers against the Department of Agriculture. The money, … Continue reading →

Posted in Repost | Tagged agricultural loans, agriculture, black farmers, business, compensation, Department of Agrculture, discrimination, farm bill, farmers, food, fund, government, lawsuit, money, payment, President Obama, racism, restitution, settlement, USDA, White House | Leave a comment

“A Good Food Manifesto for America” by Will Allen

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

(Re-posted from the Growing Food and Justice Initiative list-serve. Please read on. –ed.) A Good Food Manifesto for America by Will Allen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Growing Power I am a farmer. While I find that this has … Continue reading →

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White House Pledges $50 Million in Seed Capital for Social Innovation Fund

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

From the White House blog, Michele Jolin talks about the creation of a Social Innovation Fund: Yesterday, the President announced that he would ask Congress in the FY2010 budget to provide $50 million in seed capital for his Social Innovation Fund, … Continue reading →

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Van Jones on Green Rooftops, Green Jobs

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

Van Jones, author and activist, and recently appointed Special Adviser to Green Jobs on the White House Council for Environmental Quality, visits DC Green Works to talk with Sara Loveland about the environmental benefits of green rooftops, and the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Obama Flinches on Immigration: NYTimes Editorial

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

From an editorial about Obama and immigration in yesterday’s NYTimes: In a little-noticed act of political faintheartedness, the Obama administration has pulled back from nominating Thomas Saenz, a highly regarded civil-rights lawyer and counsel to the mayor of Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Van Jones to Advise Obama on Green Jobs

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

From Wednesday’s edition of Democracy Now: The Obama administration has tapped author and activist Van Jones to become a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation. Jones is expected to start work next week. He is author of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Repost | Tagged Democracy Now, economy, green economy, inequality, jobs, President Obama, Van Jones | 1 Comment

Crisis on All Sides: The Obama Housing Plan

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

NPR’s Planet Money podcast, Friday, February 20th edition, Hear: The Obama Plan.

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Making a scandal for bankers

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

Google game: Make a 3 word phrase, in a specific order, and that has logical sense for at least one example sentence that you can think of– then search the three word phrase, in quotes, on Google, and the first … Continue reading →

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Literally Speaking: Transform problems instead of burying them

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Robin Reichhardt

The old-century question still looms: where to “throw away” all this “waste?” Scenario one, the old method: Dump industrial boat-loads of agriculture waste into the ocean, slowing the decomposition rate of the waste in the dark, cold, oxygen-deprived underwater environment. … Continue reading →

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Obama Tunes to Genius Urban Farmer?