...eating habits in our kids, and these efforts should be supported when kids walk through the schoolhouse door," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.Most snacks sold in school would have to have less than 200 calories. Elementary and middle...

...is reviewing that decision and is expected to rule any day. Although both Attorney General John Ashcroft and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman publicly pledged to uphold the rule in the early days of the Bush presidency, the administration...

...vote is advisory only, said Richard Mathews, manager of the National Organic Program, a wing of the USDA. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman has the final say, and the department could decide whether or not to develop organic standards for...

...James Watt was forced to resign as interior secretary in the Reagan administration and Earl Butz was ousted as agriculture secretary in the Ford administration, both after cracking jokes that contained ethnic content. For a politician to say...