tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post6972200285226786226..comments2024-02-03T07:12:06.620-05:00Comments on U.S. Food Policy: Long-hidden details revealed about the pork checkoff program's $60 million purchase of the "Other White Meat" brandusfoodpolicyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-24266155263517759102015-08-31T08:22:52.428-04:002015-08-31T08:22:52.428-04:00I thought freude bud might be glad to see today...I thought freude bud might be glad to see today's Politico reporting:<br />http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/08/a-60-million-pork-kickback-000210usfoodpolicyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-10810673576776336702013-03-25T17:16:05.918-04:002013-03-25T17:16:05.918-04:00Hmm ... Rather disappointing that this story did n...Hmm ... Rather disappointing that this story did not make the papers; seems fairly important to mefreude budhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000453181225358174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-24780684074624681882013-02-27T11:31:01.522-05:002013-02-27T11:31:01.522-05:00Nicole, that's so very true.
It used to be th...Nicole, that's so very true.<br /><br />It used to be that the checkoff programs would hold a referendum from time to time, so that the program would only continue if a majority of producers supported it. <br /><br />But the pork checkoff has not held a referendum since the 1990s.<br /><br />(The checkoff program conducts surveys from time to time, but that is by no means the same thing as a formal USDA-sponsored referendum). usfoodpolicyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098394318544229984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437268.post-84008110399121660792013-02-27T08:34:06.696-05:002013-02-27T08:34:06.696-05:00What's really horrible and ironic about this i...What's really horrible and ironic about this is that the NPPC frequently lobbies Congress with positions that would actually harm many of their hog growers. For example, in 2011, NPPC was lobbying Congress HARD to prevent new GIPSA rules that would curtail anti-competitive practices in packing and processing. The NPPC largely represents the interests of packers and processors and scares their grower members into believing that challenging those companies' power is bad for business and bad for producers. That they use growers money to help fund this crusade is appalling, but not surprising.Nicole Tnoreply@blogger.com