Obama Appoints Former Mars Corp Candy Executive To Head Agriculture Research

Recently Congress approved Obama's pick of USDA undersecretary Catherine Woteki. The duty's of this office include research, education, and economics. Woteki spent the last five years heading the Scientific Research division for M&M MARS corp, who makes products like Milky Way, M&M's, Twix, Skittles, Wrigley's gum, and Snickers bars. She has a PhD in nutrition, and was called a "good fit" for the job. Woteki served in various posts at the USDA for years, so she's no stranger. It is a bit weird to put someone in charge of the USDA who was only recently working to fatten up children worldwide, and figure out how to make things so sweet and fattening people would want to eat it.