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Since When Did the USDA Start Promoting ‘Meatless Mondays’?

Editorial Debacle Leaves USDA Scrabbling

 

By , Farms.com

The United States Department of Agriculture prides themselves on providing leadership on food and agriculture has been found to be promoting “Meatless Monday’s” in their newsletter sent out to employees in order to “reduce their environmental impact.”

This shocking discovery was exposed by Kansas Senator Jerry Moran calling out Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Senate Floor asking why USDA was discouraging their employees from consuming meat and dairy products.

"American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm. With extreme drought conditions plaguing much of the United States, the USDA should be more concerned about helping drought-stricken producers rather than demonizing an industry reeling from the lack of rain,” Moran said in a statement.

The USDA is on the defensive and has said that the newsletter was distributed without proper approval. The newsletter in question has since been removed from the department’s website. 

 


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