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

If you think of what food is, its the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. Its not fully appreciated as such. – Tom Vilsack
There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the childs first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school. – Tom Vilsack
The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and somebodys going to make it better than somebody else, and thats the creativity of it. Its like music. You could have a bunch of people playing the same piece, and somebodys gonna play it better. – Dweezil Zappa
