http://organicfoodsinfo.com/topic/tom-vilsack2010-10-22T10:07:20Z2010-10-08T09:20:12ZAP Newstag:organicfoodsinfo.com,2010-10-08:/photo/usda-racism-resignation-2360406p/

FILE - <a title="Tom Vilsack" href="/topic/Tom+Vilsack" >U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack</a> speaks during a Rural Tour stop at the <a title="Iowa State Fair" href="/topic/Iowa+State+Fair" >Iowa State Fair</a>, in this Aug. 19, 2009 file photo taken in <a title="Des Moines" href="/topic/Des+Moines" >Des Moines</a>, <a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" >Iowa</a>. Vilsack was warned that he may not have the full story as he stuck by his July decision to oust <a title="Shirley Sherrod" href="/...

2010-10-22T10:07:20ZAP Newstag:organicfoodsinfo.com,2010-10-22:/photo/agriculture-antitrust-2336724p/

<a title="Tom Vilsack" href="/topic/Tom+Vilsack" >Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack</a>, right, responds to questions at a news conference at a workshop on antitrust issues in the livestock industry at <a title="Colorado State University" href="/topic/Colorado+State+University" >Colorado State University</a> in <a title="Fort Collins" href="/topic/Fort+Collins" >Fort Collins</a>, <a title="Colorado" href="/topic/Colorado" >Colo.</a>, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Listening at left is <a title="Eri...

2010-07-28T11:50:48ZAP Newstag:organicfoodsinfo.com,2010-07-28:/photo/aptopix-usda-racism-resignation-2321168p/

<a title="Tom Vilsack" href="/topic/Tom+Vilsack" >Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack</a> tells reporters that he acted in haste in <a title="Shirley Sherrod" href="/topic/Shirley+Sherrod" >Shirley Sherrod</a>, a black <a title="U.S. Department of Agriculture" href="/topic/U.S.+Department+of+Agriculture" >U.S. Agriculture Department</a> official, after it appeared she had made racist remarks in unfair and heavily edited video posted on a conservative Web site, during a news conference at the Depar...

2010-07-21T17:01:03ZAP Newstag:organicfoodsinfo.com,2010-07-21:/photo/usda-racisim-resignation-2320052p/

<a title="Tom Vilsack" href="/topic/Tom+Vilsack" >Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack</a>, left, arrives for a meeting with the members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a> Wednesday, July 21, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...

2010-07-02T14:00:46ZAP Newstag:organicfoodsinfo.com,2010-07-02:/photo/obama-2311022p/

<a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >President Barack Obama</a>, flanked by <a title="Timothy Geithner" href="/topic/Timothy+Geithner" >Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner</a>, left, and <a title="Tom Vilsack" href="/topic/Tom+Vilsack" >Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack</a>, makes a statement about the economy at <a title="Andrews Air Force Base" href="/topic/Andrews+Air+Force+Base" >Andrews Air Force Base</a>, Md., Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose <a title="Luis Magana" h...