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Biden admin coordinated with liberal dark money behemoth on 'transforming food system,' emails show
Fox News ^ | 5/16/23 | Thomas Catenacci , Joe Schoffstall

Posted on 05/16/2023 6:47:42 AM PDT by CFW

The internal Department of Agriculture (USDA) communications — obtained by Americans for Public Trust (APT) and shared with Fox News Digital — show that Kessler was involved in initiatives to "transform" the U.S. food system and to crack down on the meat industry for high prices. Kessler was the only individual on the email chains who wasn't affiliated with the USDA.

"These emails reveal that Eric Kessler has direct access to Biden cabinet officials and plays an intimate role in shaping this administration’s agenda," APT executive director Caitlin Sutherland told Fox News Digital.

"As the architect and operator of the largest dark money network in U.S. politics, Kessler’s cozy relationship with Secretary Vilsack raises questions about the level of influence his foreign-funded Arabella network has on the Biden administration and its policies," she continued.

On July 15, 2021, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack emailed Kessler, Marty Matlock, a USDA senior advisor for food systems resiliency, and Matthew McKenna, a former senior advisor to Vilsack, expressing his excitement about a food processing initiative that he noted the three were helping to "direct and lead."

"Gentlemen- woke up very early this morning thinking about the processing project you are helping to direct and lead," Vilsack wrote in the email. "I can tell you from the response I have received to date there is excitement over the possibility of this helping to create a more dynamic and competitive market."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: agriculture; arabella; arabellaadvisors; biden; bidenmustgonow; bidenversusamerica; corruption; efnjb; erickessler; food; foodeconomy; foodsecurity; kessler; martymatlock; meat; preppers; securitythreat; tomvilsack; wef
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They plan to starve us. That's their plan.
1 posted on 05/16/2023 6:47:42 AM PDT by CFW
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Selling access. It is the Biden system.


2 posted on 05/16/2023 6:51:51 AM PDT by KC Burke (Diversity, Inclusion and Equity is not another way to spell GOD but it is a way to spell DIE.)
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To: CFW

Well over 100 food processing, and storage facilities blown-up, badly damaged or destroyed — with surely more to come — to seriously-interrupt the Nation’s Food Chain.


3 posted on 05/16/2023 6:52:53 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: CFW

The Biden administration coordinated with Eric Kessler, the founder and principal of the Arabella Advisors consulting firm, which oversees a behemoth liberal dark money network, on key agriculture policy issues, according to emails obtained by Fox News Digital.

The internal Department of Agriculture (USDA) communications — obtained by Americans for Public Trust (APT) and shared with Fox News Digital — show that Kessler was involved in initiatives to “transform” the U.S. food system and to crack down on the meat industry for high prices. Kessler was the only individual on the email chains who wasn’t affiliated with the USDA.

“These emails reveal that Eric Kessler has direct access to Biden cabinet officials and plays an intimate role in shaping this administration’s agenda,” APT executive director Caitlin Sutherland told Fox News Digital.

“As the architect and operator of the largest dark money network in U.S. politics, Kessler’s cozy relationship with Secretary Vilsack raises questions about the level of influence his foreign-funded Arabella network has on the Biden administration and its policies,” she continued.

On July 15, 2021, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack emailed Kessler, Marty Matlock, a USDA senior advisor for food systems resiliency, and Matthew McKenna, a former senior advisor to Vilsack, expressing his excitement about a food processing initiative that he noted the three were helping to “direct and lead.”

“Gentlemen- woke up very early this morning thinking about the processing project you are helping to direct and lead,” Vilsack wrote in the email. “I can tell you from the response I have received to date there is excitement over the possibility of this helping to create a more dynamic and competitive market.”

Copied on the email were Vilsack’s chief of staff Katharine Ferguson and Mae Wu, the USDA’s deputy under secretary of marketing and regulatory programs.

The remainder of the July 2021 email was redacted because it contained information that was “pre-decisional” and deliberative, meaning it was related to a policy not yet in effect.

“I believe the pipeline will fill quickly,” Kessler responded 20 minutes later. “This is striking a real chord and filling a huge need. The feedback I’ve heard has been 100% positive around the initiative and the Department’s leadership.”

Then, shortly after Kessler’s response, Matlock indicated that he and McKenna had included the Arabella Advisors founder in conversations about the project.

“Matt, Eric and I have been in nearly daily conversation about elements and strategies,” Matlock wrote. “In short we are on the job, moving the many elements necessary, and building program strategies for implementation.”

Months later, in September 2021, Vilsack emailed Kessler and McKenna in an email that USDA completely redacted. However, Kessler responded, thanking Vilsack for the “kind invitation” and adding that he was “looking forward to it.”


4 posted on 05/16/2023 7:02:52 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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***and to crack down on the meat industry for high prices.***

It was FDR who had cattle and hogs slaughtered and buried in the 1930s to get the prices UP!


5 posted on 05/16/2023 7:04:55 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: Carriage Hill

Another version of the soybean/train cars part of Atlas Shrugged.


6 posted on 05/16/2023 7:14:32 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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“crack down on the meat industry for high prices”

They want to force us to stop eating meat, to “save the planet”, but at the same time, Joe wants to keep the price of a pound of ground beef low so he can get re-elected.


7 posted on 05/16/2023 7:31:09 AM PDT by Boogieman
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depends on your social credit score

mine is less than zero

so i will be on a diet


8 posted on 05/16/2023 7:32:48 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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“depends on your social credit score

mine is less than zero

so i will be on a diet”


Mine is right down there with yours. And, I suspect it will only go lower in the future.


9 posted on 05/16/2023 7:38:10 AM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: KC Burke

Biden syndicate

Fixed


10 posted on 05/16/2023 7:59:15 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: CFW

We need to bring back anti trust and monopoly enforcement.

It may be to late.


11 posted on 05/16/2023 8:26:20 AM PDT by redgolum (We are not going to make it, are we. )
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

The Biden administration would have us live like it was in the old Soviet Union with long lines for food and empty shelves while the elites live in luxury.


12 posted on 05/16/2023 8:44:56 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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Would be awesome if the article told us who “Kessler” is.


13 posted on 05/16/2023 10:02:17 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: CFW; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; 300winmag; Abigail Adams; ...
Prepper Ping - 'Dark Money' and Direct Access to Biden Administration .. Power and Influence
Food Security and the rising prices on 'transforming food system,' shown via emails
The article also shows who else was included in those emails

CFW :" They plan to starve us. That's their plan."

(From the Article):" "These emails reveal that Eric Kessler has direct access to Biden cabinet officials and plays an intimate role in shaping this administration’s agenda,"
APT executive director Caitlin Sutherland told Fox News Digital."

"As the architect and operator of the largest dark money network in U.S. politics, Kessler’s cozy relationship with Secretary Vilsack raises questions
about the level of influence his foreign-funded Arabella network has on the Biden administration and its policies," she continued."

"On July 15, 2021, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack emailed Kessler, Marty Matlock, a USDA senior advisor for food systems resiliency,
and Matthew McKenna, a former senior advisor to Vilsack, expressing his excitement about a food processing initiative
that he noted the three were helping to "direct and lead."

14 posted on 05/16/2023 10:07:23 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: subterfuge
Would be awesome if the article told us who “Kessler” is.

"The Biden administration coordinated with Eric Kessler, the founder and principal of the Arabella Advisors consulting firm, which oversees a behemoth liberal dark money network, on key agriculture policy issues, according to emails obtained by Fox News Digital."

15 posted on 05/16/2023 10:55:10 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I had a broken vacuum cleaner. I put a Justin Beeber sticker on it. Now it sucks again.)
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Sounds like a good time for a garden and greenhouse.


16 posted on 05/16/2023 10:59:56 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: CFW

Biden’s mis-administration acting completely in lockstep with the WEF.


17 posted on 05/16/2023 11:02:06 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: CFW

bkmk


18 posted on 05/16/2023 11:02:58 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: CFW

The evil bastards will never stop. They attack us from every possible angle 24/7/365.

No nation could long survive what the USA is being subjected to.


19 posted on 05/16/2023 11:06:35 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Thanks


20 posted on 05/16/2023 12:29:09 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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