
But he still sees a place for traditional farming models. "To me it isn't about either-or," he told Brasher. "It's about how do you figure out ways for folks to co-exist and how do you figure how to take the best of all of it and move an agenda forward that repopulates the rural community, that focuses on good stewardship, on sustainability, on getting the most of our resources."
Brasher also notes some mistakes Vilsack has made in his tenure, such as the proposed subsidy cut, but writes, "Vilsack has made clear that he believes he has a mission to change the public perception of the USDA as an agency that mainly dispenses subsidies to large farms in his home state and elsewhere." Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, says, "One of the thing's you're going to be seeing this president and this secretary do is to make the Department of Agriculture more real in people's lives who don't ever see a farm." (Read more)
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