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By Al Kamen
On Monday, a U.S Department of
Agriculture employee newsletter encouraged folks to start “going meatless”
on Mondays as a way to help the environment, save resources, improve health and
so on.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and
other industry groups were outraged..
Sen. Jerry Moran (R- Kan.) took to the
Senate floor Wednesday afternoon to protest the newsletter.
The Agriculture Department’s mission was “to
promote agriculture, to help those who . . . produce food, fiber, and fuel for
this country and the world.,” he said. “Yet our own Department of Agriculture
is encouraging people not to eat meat.”
“I wanted to be sure you had the following
statement regarding the claims that USDA is promoting ‘Meatless Mondays,’ she
wrote..
“USDA does not endorse Meatless Monday.
The statement found on the USDA website was posted without proper clearance and
it has been removed.”
Former Redskins cornerback Darrell
Green, in his prime, couldn’t backpeddle faster.
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