John Salazar? Is a potato farmer. With strong ties to corporate agriculture. The blogging world, at least those interested in who might take over the reins at the USDA (see Mark Bittman of the New York Times on this issue), think that maybe John Salazar of Colorado might be the pick. La Vida Locavore, in the person of Jill Richardson, seems to think that Salazar has a shot at being Deputy Farmer-in-Chief. Richardson says of Salazar, currently Democratic representative of […]

Categories: Agriculture, Cookbooks, Food News, White House • Tags: Barack Obama, Chuck Hassebrook, Fred Kirschenmann, Gus Schumacher, John Salazar, Mark Ritchie, Neil Hamilton, Sarah Vogel, Secretary of Agriculture