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Finding the Future of Agriculture

August 26, 2013 Ed Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Agricultural producers in rural America represent less than 1% of the U.S. population, yet they produce almost 75% of the food we eat in this country and much of the food eaten throughout the world. Among that 1%, the average age of the American farmer is 57 years old—making it imperative for us to...

Conservation

USDA Celebrates North American Indian Days

July 18, 2011 Edward Avalos, Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

The view of teepees and campers across the countryside, the enticing aroma of food and the distant beat of the drums were all part of the North American Indian Days celebration. I was in Browning – home of the Blackfeet Nation to listen and learn about agriculture in Indian Country. On the Blackfeet...

Rural
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