Tom Vilsack, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and governor of Iowa, will speak at Miami University on Feb. 3 as a part of the 2025-2026 John W. Altman Program’s speaker series. Established in 1809 ...

Evan Kleiman: In 2010, California ports handled more than 35 billion dollars in agricultural exports. Products include meat, almonds, wine, cotton and pistachios among others. So great to have you ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says that he will reconsider his department’s decision to fire Shirley Sherrod amid false allegations of racism. Sherrod was besieged by conservative pundits, the ...

The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is calling for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to resign in the wake of a fiasco that saw USDA employee Shirley Sherrod fired unnecessarily late ...

The secretary of agriculture under both of former President Barack Obama’s terms, Tom Vilsack, former Iowa governor, left politics to become the highest-paid executive at Dairy Management Inc., ...

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World Food Prize Foundation CEO Tom Vilsack in the "Hall of Laureates" in Des Moines. (WFP photo) World Food Prize events are underway in Des Moines as several thousand government officials, ...