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David Becker: 20 Ways Farmers Can Improve Their Marketing Chops

Farmers are business people, alchemists, scientists, economists, and stewards of the land. But sometimes they need help with that most basic and necessary of skills: marketing. Earlier this month I sat in on a Cornell agriculture extension seminar on ...

From DAVID BECKER, Huffington Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pamela Anderson,  White House,  Martha Stewart,  Benedict Arnold

Fact-based election reform for military and overseas voters

Military personnel who put their lives on the line for our nation and the civilians who carry our values abroad deserve to have their votes count. In January, the Pew Center on the States issued “No Time to Vote,” a comprehensive analysis of states’ ...

From DAVID BECKER, The Hill,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harry S. Truman,  Charles Schumer,  Bob Bennett,  John Cornyn,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Becker: Baloney Science On The Perils Of Meat

Meat has a terrible reputation already, so why not pile on? But the recent study in the American Journal of Epidemiology Nov 1, which found “associated risks” for prostate cancer with red and processed meat, is stretching for a headline rather than for ...

From DAVID BECKER, Huffington Post,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jimmy Dean,  Consumer Reports

David Becker: Please, Sir: $1 Billion More a Year for School Lunches

“President Obama has pledged to end childhood hunger by 2015.” Talk about an ambitious goal! With two-thirds of its budget dedicated to food assistance, the USDA is the department with primary responsibility for orchestrating this change. At a press ...

From DAVID BECKER, Huffington Post,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Stated Department of Agriculture,  Barack Obama,  Institute of Medicine,  Alice Waters

The Post-Graduation Money Crunch: Will I Ever See Daylight?

If you graduated from college in the past five years, you have probably discovered that you stepped off the auditorium stage right onto a roller-coaster that you were not prepared to deal with. You may have landed a top-grade job right out the door and ...

From DAVID BECKER, Associated Content,  21 Oct 2009

David Becker: It's the Sustainability, Stupid

So if Walmart and Starbucks were to focus on a single movement -- sustainability, for example -- there should be a significant impact on the population worldwide. Shultz summed up the session with this simple statement. "Sustainability is not a ...

From DAVID BECKER, Huffington Post,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Starbucks Corp,  Howard Schultz,  Rob Walton

Measure to Expand Gun Rights Falls Short in Senate

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday turned aside the latest attempt by gun advocates to expand the rights of gun owners, narrowly voting down a provision that would have allowed gun owners with valid permits from one state to carry concealed weapons ...

From BERNIE BECKER AND DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, The New York Times,  22 Jul 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  John Thune,  Charles E. Schumer,  Richard Lugar

The Caucus: Minn. Ruling a Setback for Coleman

Al Franken, the comedian turned politician, won a potentially decisive court ruling on Tuesday in his bid to unseat Senator Norm Coleman, the Republican incumbent in Minnesota. A three-judge panel ruled that only 400 absentee ballots — far fewer than ...

From DAVID STOUT AND BERNIE BECKER, The New York Times,  31 Mar 2009

Related Topics: Norm Coleman,  Al Franken,  John Cornyn,  Joseph I. Lieberman,  Bernard Sanders

Minnesota Court Ruling a Setback for Coleman

Al Franken, the comedian turned politician, won a potentially decisive court ruling on Tuesday in his bid to unseat Senator Norm Coleman, the Republican incumbent in Minnesota. A three-judge panel ruled that only 400 absentee ballots — far fewer than ...

From DAVID STOUT AND BERNIE BECKER, The Caucus,  31 Mar 2009

Related Topics: Norm Coleman,  Al Franken,  John Cornyn

Hands-On Review: Smart's 2008 Coupe, Mercedes' Pint-Size City Car

"Won't it be too small for me?" is the question I've heard the most from people gawking at our new $14,000 Smart car, delivered fresh off the boat just a week ago from Europe. If you've got four kids, a big shaggy dog and a Costco membership, then yes, ...

From DAVID BECKER, Wired,  13 Mar 2008

Related Topics: Costco

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