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Ken Cook

Ken Cook is president of Environmental Working Group, a public interest research and advocacy organization known for its Farm Subsidy Database. The author of dozens of articles, opinion pieces and reports on agricultural, public health and environmental topics, "[Cook's] fingerprints can be found on nearly two decades of U.S. farm law" (Omaha World Herald). Read more about Ken.

Craig Cox

Craig Cox is EWG Midwest Vice President. He Mulches from EWG's office in Ames, IA. Prior to EWG, Craig served as Executive Director of the Soil and Water Conservation Society and was Acting USDA Deputy Under-Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Special Assistant to the Chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Michelle Perez

Michelle Perez is EWG's Senior Agriculture Analyst. She has a BA in Biology from Occidental, a Masters from the University of Maryland (UMD) and is finishing up a PhD in agricultural-environmental policy at UMD.

Don Carr

Don Carr is EWG's Press Secretary for agriculture and public lands issues. Prior to EWG, Don worked as a Communications Director for the DNC in his home state of South Dakota and on former Senate Leader Tom Daschle's 2004 reelection campaign.

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Kind/Gerlach/Menendez Reform Farm Bill: Update

Senator Menendez is introducing a companion bill. Here's the release from Rep. Kind.


News from
Congressman Ron Kind
REPRESENTING WISCONSIN’S THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anne Lupardus
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Phone: 202-225-5506

REVISED MEDIA ADVISORY

Representatives Kind, Gerlach, Sen. Menendez to Announce Major Farm Bill Reform Legislation

Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 Provides
Major New Investments in Biofuels, Conservation

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will hold a news conference Thursday on Capitol Hill to unveil the first major bill in Congress dealing with the reauthorization of the 2007 Farm Bill, The Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007.

The bill reforms the Farm Bill to make a major new investment in the development of renewable energy on American farms, promote resource conservation, provide consumers with healthier food choices, and boost farm profitability. The Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 also includes provisions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farms and fight global warming, and to expand programs to bring healthier foods to school cafeterias.

Joining Reps. Kind, Gerlach and Sen. Menendez will be Bartlett Durand of the Otter Creek Organic Farm in Clyde, Wisconsin. Mr. Durand is one of thousands of farmers nationwide that participate in USDA voluntary conservation programs. The Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007 would dramatically increase these opportunities.

More details of the bill, which will be introduced Thursday morning, will be available at the news conference.

WHO: Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ (tentative)
Rep. Ron Kind, D-WI
Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-PA
Sherry Dudas, Honey Brook Organic Farm, Pennington, NJ
Bartlett Durand, Otter Creek Organic Farm, Clyde, Wisconsin
Roger Rohrer, Poultry- Crops Farmer, Strasburg, PA (tentative)

WHAT: Introduction of The Healthy Farms, Foods, and Fuels Act of 2007

WHERE: Senate swamp (corner of Delaware Ave & Constitution Ave, NE)

WHEN: Thursday, March 15, 2007, 10:30 a.m. EDT

Posted by Cook on March 14, 2007 6:39 PM |

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