Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11201
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Online via ProPublica website. 2 pages., Examines issues of bogus labels and related issues in the arena of food distribution, marketing, and communications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37024
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4 pages., Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces he will ask the White House Rural Council and Congress to reduce the number of federal government definitions of rural America.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30498
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Via Food Systems Insider. 1 page., About a petition from the Corn Refiners Association to the FDA requesting the option to use "corn sugar" as an alternative name for "high fructose corn syrup."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C29178
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1 page., Author reports feedback from crop producers indicating lack of credibility of advertising appeals that involve yields and the related idea of financial gain.
Author expresses concern about a trend toward agricultural names for housing developments in urban areas. Examples: Green Pastures, Scott Farms, Shepherd's Landing, Walker Meadows. "As a member of the farming minority, I'm offended."
