At President Obama's direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy.

To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a thriving companion economy to compliment production agriculture in rural America.

What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.

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

When you've paid your debt to society, you need to be reconnected and re-engaged in society.

The food pyramid is very complicated. It doesn't give you as much info in a quick glance as the plate does.

Over the past two years, the Obama Administration and USDA have worked to build a foundation for sustainable economic growth in rural America. At the center of our vision is an effort to increase domestic production and use of renewable energy.