Secretary of Agriculture

November 11, 2018

On Veterans Day, Why Aren’t Congress and the USDA Looking Out for Those Who Served?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Cristie Guevara/public domain (BY CC0

October 17, 2017

USDA Reorganization Sidelines Dietary Guidelines

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

May 9, 2017

How Oats Could Save Iowa’s Farmers (and Fight Pollution)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Scott Bauer/USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

April 25, 2017

Five Ways President Trump Has Failed Rural America in the First 100 Days

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: US Agency for International Development/CC BY-NC 2.0, Flickr

March 16, 2017

Food Production Does NOT Need to Double by 2050 (And Other Required Reading for the Next USDA Secretary)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Governor Sonny Perdue on a visit to Uruguay in 2010. Photo courtesy of Pablo Castro, US Embassy Montevideo/flickr

January 24, 2017

The Fox Who Will Guard the Nation’s Henhouses (And Five Questions the Senate Should Ask Him)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Kristin & Jordan Hayman/flickr

January 13, 2017

Even Without an Agriculture Secretary, Trump’s Cabinet Says Plenty about Food and Water Plans

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director