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Position: Secretary - Agriculture

The secretary is responsible for gathering and disseminating information about agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition as well as for improving the quality of life for those outside of metropolitan areas including improving the rural water supply and waste problems.

Type of Appointment/Position: Presidential with Senate confirmation    

Nominations so far:

Nominee Rating
Jim Hightower  click to rate
Michael Pollan  click to rate
Wes Jackson   click to rate
Wendell Berry  click to rate
Lester R. Brown  click to rate
Ferd Hoefner  click to rate
Dolores Huerta  click to rate
Sen. Tom Harkin  click to rate
Ralph Paige  click to rate
Tom Vilsack  click to rate
Jill Long Thompson  click to rate
Marion Nestle  click to rate
Howard Lyman  click to rate
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.  click to rate
Jimmy Carter  click to rate
Russ Feingold  click to rate
Will Allen  click to rate
Progressive Criteria:
The Department of Agriculture will: Support sustainable agriculture;

Work to ensure the American people a safe, varied and plentiful food supply;

Put public health and environmental safety above corporate, political or regional interests;

Support family farming and encourage healthy economic development of rural communities;

Work to protect the Commons: public lands, air and water, biodiversity, unpatented seed stock;

Promote humane farming;

Work to avoid hurting poor farmers in poor countries with unfair competition from subsidized US crops.

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