Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is the choice for secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration.
Goals of the Department of Agriculture: to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, to promote agricultural trade and production, to assure food safety, to protect natural resources not protected by the Interior Department, to foster rural communities and to end hunger in America and abroad.
Vilsack was briefly a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination; he dropped out before the primary season and endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). Vilsack endorsed Obama after he defeated Clinton.
Goals of the Department of Agriculture: to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, to promote agricultural trade and production, to assure food safety, to protect natural resources not protected by the Interior Department, to foster rural communities and to end hunger in America and abroad.
Vilsack was briefly a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination; he dropped out before the primary season and endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). Vilsack endorsed Obama after he defeated Clinton.