In the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak related to peanuts, lawmakers are calling for a new federal agency to oversee food safety. Suggestions range from splitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into two agencies to creating a new agency that would combine pieces from the different age...

A slew of cabinet confirmations comes through: WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate began confirming new President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Tuesday, but it put off until Wednesday a vote on the designee for secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton. In a single unanimous v...

This post, from Ari LeVaux of Flash in the Pan, the weekly food column that rocks our world, was originally posted on Alternet. Thanks, Ari! When former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack’s name first surfaced as a possible Secretary of Agriculture, it triggered an outcry among progressive foodies. The...

Former Iowa governor to be announced today Though the announcement was unofficial at the time of this writing, it was expected that Barak Obama would announce former Iowa governor (and very brief contestant for the Democratic nomination) Tom Vilsack as his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsa...