Over at the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof discusses reforming the Department of Agriculture and Obama's choice of a new secretary of agriculture. Kristof suggests renaming it the Department of Food. He notes that only 2% of the population farms (compared with 35% a century ago), while all of us eat. He writes:
Renaming the department would signal that Mr. Obama seeks to move away from a bankrupt structure of factory farming that squanders energy, exacerbates climate change and makes Americans unhealthy — all while costing taxpayers billions of dollars.
An interesting idea.
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