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You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts f

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all. – Tom Vilsack

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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. – Tom Vilsack

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The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk. – Tom Vilsack

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President Obamas fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois. – Tom Vilsack

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Always eat grapes downward — that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot. – Samuel Butler

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