Will Obama’s second term bring food system wins — or more of the same?

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Will Obama’s second term bring food system wins — or more of the same?

While Grist gamely speculated on what a Romney administration would have meant for food and farm policy (short answer: nothing good), we haven’t spent all that much time considering what an Obama second term will look like. His win didn’t exactly leave us shell-shocked , but even so, I best make up for lost time. When Obama was first elected, food reformers dreamed big. As Michael Pollan wrote just after the 2008 election in his open letter to the next “Farmer-in-Chief ,” Obama had an opportunity to make agriculture less fossil-fuel dependent, re-localize food systems, and rebuild America’s food culture. But those pleasant dreams dissolved in January 2009’s cold winter light. First came Tom Vilsack as Obama’s choice for agriculture secretary — not a disastrous pick, but disappointing for many critics of agribusiness . And then, after unsourced reports held that sustainable...

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@AlfiesCafe » 19 Nov '12, 7am
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@balanceoffood » 16 Nov '12, 3pm
#Michelle Obama on board with food progress, what about Barack? [link]
@TrueFoodAust » 16 Nov '12, 1am
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@megangrocki » 14 Nov '12, 2pm
@BarackObama - let's move toward fixing our food system this term! hearts, megan [link]
@tomaszjohnson » 14 Nov '12, 11am
Interesting piece on prospects for food system and agribiz reform in Obama's 2nd term, by @tlaskawy [link]
@joshisushma » 14 Nov '12, 10am
Will #Obama’s second term mean Americans eat better--or they get the same crap as before? [link] @grist
@grist » 14 Nov '12, 10am
Obama didn't impress food system reformers in his first four years. Will this term be any different? [link]
@FoodLawGal » 14 Nov '12, 3am
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@SlowFoodUSA » 13 Nov '12, 11pm
'I’m not expecting miracles'- @tlaskawy on what @BarackObama 2nd term means for food & ag [link] @grist
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