Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's interim directive on roadless national forest areas

[pnutbutr]

basically he has halted construction and logging in the areas until more appropriate restrictions on such activity can be implemented. http://www.usda.gov/documents/Inventoried_Roadless_Interim_Directive.pdf :woohoo:

[ThomWV]

1. I thought the Department of Interior had responsibility for the National Forests

Why does USDA have something to do with it?

[NOW tense]

2. USDA is responsible for forests

Timber is considered an Agricultural resource and falls under the USDA for management and sustainability. This link is very helpful.
http://www.fs.fed.us/
I don't work for the USDA or the gov.

[BeFree]

3. Interior

National parks, Tribal lands, BLM, Landmarks and historic structures. Oil and gas, The DC mall, etc.

[rurallib]

4. so hard to believe this is the same guy that was our governor.

this is change I can believe in.

[NOW tense]

5. I am withholding my praise

till I see something done about food monopolies.

[pnutbutr]

6. what is a food monopoly

and what does it have to do with building roads and logging in national parks?

[NOW tense]

7. The USDA and Monsanto.

Approximately 95 percent of the soybeans and 75 percent of the corn in the United States are GM.
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/gm_crops_increase_yields.asp

Monsanto Terminator Technology is a way to make all farmers pay for seed every year. Complete control of the food supply.
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml

Monsanto at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto

[pnutbutr]

8. the fact that

you don't like Monsanto doesn't make them a monopoly. Terminator tech will never go forward. Massive protests by farmers and enviro groups along with an almost guaranteed action by the government to prevent it's use. Most soybeans grown in the US are exported. Most corn grown in the US is not used for human consumption.

[NOW tense]

9. I am not completely against Monsanto

They have some good qualities. What I am against is Monsanto cornering markets. Most corn is indirectly used for human consumption. Don't all of our livestock eat it? There has been talk of using production cost to set milk prices. Wouldn't being the producer of almost all production of feed sources give you a lot of power? Cotton is another product. Sugar Beets is another. My main concern is that, I don't ever want to hear the company that produces a very large portion of agribusiness say, they are too big to fail.