U.S. Department of Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department that provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management. Their vision is to provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive, to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world, and to preserve our Nation’s natural resources through conservation, restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands.