Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Farm bill: the curse of the enrolling clerk

We might worry the new Indiana Jones movie may be released to DVD before the farm bill is finished, but the word from Robert Guenther, Kathy Means and others is that final Congressional action is expected after the Memorial Day work period (vacation in layman's terms). So look for the Presidential veto on the complete version of the farm bill - and the overwhelming votes in the House and the Senate to override that veto - sometime the week of June 2.

I talked to Autumn Veazey today. After two years of lobbying fresh produce industry issues with United Fresh, she has accepted a DC position with the lobbying arm of a law firm with roots in Georgia, her home state. She had high words of praise for the "family" at United Fresh and her experience there with Tom Stenzel and Robert Guenther.....

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