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I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi.

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Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.

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In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

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Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.

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Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty.

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In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income.

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There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.

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Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front.

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We're going to move from a commodity economy where you basically grow the same kind of crops - where a kernel of corn is a kernel of corn is a kernel of corn - to an ingredient economy where there will be a kernel of corn that will be designed for fuel, there will be a kernel of corn designed for livestock.

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One out of every 12 jobs in the economy is connected in some way, shape or form to what happens on the farm.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: December 13th, 1950

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