Thomas J. Vilsack: “Well, Senator, it absolutely is.”

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.

I think it is important for people to know who is actually receiving SNAP.

Every dollar of research generates twenty dollars, or more, of economic opportunity.