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Homage to Professor Lewis Warsh Credit: John Casquarelli by Jhon Sanchez Unlike John Casquarelli, my dear friend and classmate of the MFA program, I don’t like taking pictures very much. I don’t even use my phone camera and rarely take selfies. But I remember when the photos were taken. It was after a reading at the Bowery Poetry Club that our MFA classmates took a picture. I was in the back next to Professor Warsh, who hugged me. I felt his arm a...

Originally published on February 2, 2021 7:13 am During the Trump administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers published and funded objective analyses of issues such as climate change, the efficiency of food assistance programs, and tax cuts that mostly benefit the richest farmers. It wasnt received well. "There definitely was hostility in the Trump administration towards federal workers," says Tom Bewick, a national program leader at the National Institute of Food and Agricultu...

Bigstock The Trump administration moved two agriculture agencies to Kansas City, but it’s not working out as planned. President Joe Biden has been signing lots of executive orders to reverse Trump administration policies, but some parts of the Trump legacy won’t be so easy change. Food and farming research took a major hit over the Trump years, and unwinding that damage means restoring decimated agencies and mistreated employees. U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers got crossways with...

USDA Research Agencies ‘Decimated’ By Forced Move. Undoing The Damage Won’t Be Easy By Frank Morris  February 2, 2021 During the Trump administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers published and funded objective analyses of issues such as climate change, the efficiency of food assistance programs, and tax cuts that mostly benefit the richest farmers. It wasn’t received well. “There definitely was hostility in the Trump administration towards federal workers,” says Tom...