Usda's Quotes

#1. Meat is produced under HACCP plans. Meat and poultry are required to be produced under standard food safety plans and they have been since the mid-'90s, and there are now fewer problems with meat than there used to be. That's on the USDA's side.

Marion Nestle

#2. American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.

Jerry Moran

#3. In 75 foreign countries, we have a presence in the USDA.

Mike Johanns

#4. When it comes to Pakistan, the first word that comes to the mind of the Chinese is 'iron brother.' To us Chinese, Pakistan is always a trustworthy friend who is as solid as iron. Actually, Chinese netizens refer to Pakistan as 'Iron Pak.' This testifies to the strength of China-Pakistan friendship.

Li Keqiang

#5. USDA regulations spell out precisely what sort of facility and system is permissible, but they don't set thresholds for food-borne pathogens. (That would require the USDA to recall meat from packers who failed to meet the standards, something the USDA, incredibly, lacks the authority to do.)

Michael Pollan

#6. The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants.

Mark Bittman

#7. To help producers serve larger institutional customers like schools and hospitals, USDA has helped fund new regional infrastructure like cold storage warehouses, commercial kitchens and local slaughter facilities.

Tom Vilsack

#8. To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the 'Let's Move' campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

Tom Vilsack

#9. Unless you eat foods clearly marked "Certified organic by the USDA," you are taking part in a genetic experiment that is unprecedented in earth's long history.

Alberto Villoldo

#10. My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

William Shakespeare

#11. Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

Jerry Moran

#12. If you think of what food is, it's the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. It's not fully appreciated as such.

Tom Vilsack

#13. Life the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.

Kabir

#14. For thirty to forty years, industry cranked up trans all it could," confirmed a trans-fat expert at the USDA.

Nina Teicholz

#15. Be assured that Christianity is something more than forms and creeds and ceremonies: there is life, and power, and reality, in our holy faith.

George Muller

#16. The man needed USDA Prime tattooed up his flank.

Maeve Greyson

#17. The USDA labs in Ames, Iowa, are level-four security clearance. Every nasty thing you can imagine is stored there. Ground zero for the apocalypse. And there's a day care right across the street.

Benjamin Percy

#18. USDA says pink slime, which is made of cow connective tissue and other scraps and then treated with ammonia to kill the salmonella, e Coli, potentially, the U.S. Government says it's totally safe.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

#19. A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. At first Gregor raised a warning hand. He thought it was a rat.
Then the creature lifted his head and Gregor recognized what was left of his dad.

Suzanne Collins

#20. Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what sort of form they may have; there are many reasons why knowledge on this subject is not possible, owing to the lack of evidence and the shortness of human life.

Protagoras

#21. It's chick flick disguised as a sword-and-sorcery picture. The only genre film with less balls is probably ... freakin' Legend. Anyone who actually enjoys Ladyhawke is a bona fide USDA-choice pussy!

Ernest Cline

#22. One USDA scientist went so far as to claim that there has never been a documented case of food-borne illness from eating fermented vegetables.

Michael Pollan

#23. The USDA is tasked with managing and promoting agriculture - including the well-funded animal agriculture industry - so it's pulled into a tug-of-war every time the dietary guidelines are re-evaluated.

Michael Greger

#24. Each of us is uniquely qualified for some task. We have but to find it.

Brian Rathbone

#25. Pigpen slides into the man's space and goes nose to nose. To the cop's credit, he doesn't flinch.

Katie McGarry

#26. Over the past two years, the Obama Administration and USDA have worked to build a foundation for sustainable economic growth in rural America. At the center of our vision is an effort to increase domestic production and use of renewable energy.

Tom Vilsack

#27. Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes.

Caldwell Esselstyn

#28. Last year, the USDA said for the first time in 150 years that there were more farms in America instead of fewer. I think that's the single most hopeful statistic I know.

Bill McKibben

#29. Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

Stephen King

#30. USDA is committed to keeping pace with the needs and progress of American agriculture by supporting new markets and movements that will keep farmers profitable and help create middle class jobs across the country.

Tom Vilsack