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To help producers serve larger institutional customers like schools and hospitals, USDA has helped fund new regional infrastructure like cold storage warehouses, commercial kitchens and local slaughter facilities.

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Tom Vilsack
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: December 13
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United States Secretary Of Agriculture
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Thomas James Vilsack
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Strong communities ... embrace change. New discoveries require us to think differently and approach things differently, to think anew.
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