Synonyms for department of agriculture
de·part·men·t of agri·cul·ture

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1. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDAnoun

   the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

   Synonyms:
   agribusiness, factory farm, farming, husbandry

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1. Tom Vilsack:

   I think you have to take you back 20, 30 years, when we know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture. We know this. We have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but we've never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect.

2. Tom Vilsack:

   I think I have to take John Wesley Boyd Jr. back 20, 30 years, when Black Farmers know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture, black Farmers have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but Black Farmers have never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect.

3. Alison Franchi:

   Generally, just for the flowers to come into the country, they have to go through a process with the [U.S.] Department of Agriculture, maybe once in a while I’ll see a bug but it could have come in from outside. Nothing has ever been harmful, so I don’t think that justifies it.

4. Shirley Sherrod:

   The fact that she is the first Black woman to hold the position means a lot to us. It gives us hope for the future, when you look at the US Department of Agriculture and you look at all of the actions we have suffered as Black people trying to get the programs that should have been available to everyone, to access them and feel that they were being implemented fairly – to actually have someone in the second position … really helping to oversee that and have a voice in places we don’t normally get a chance to be in, just to me meant a lot.

5. Read MoreCoons:

   I'm also really concerned about deep cuts to the Department of Agriculture, the department of EPA and programs that help make sure that our water is clean and our air is clear, things that protect the health of average American families all over the country.