date:May 24, 2012
to help raise a new crop of producers across the country, said Vilsack. As we expand options in agriculture, we're seeing a new vibrancy across the countryside as younger peoplemany of whom are now involved in local and regional productionpursue livelihoods in farming, raising food for local consumption. By leveraging USDA's lending programs for beginning farmers and ranchers and smaller producers, we're helping to rebuild and revitalize our rural communities.
In the past 3 years, USDA has pro