#al

This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#agriculture #american #american economy #best #bright

There are ways we can go do a better job of educating young moms and dads about the vital role they have as the child's first teacher. I think there are ways in which we can partner with local school districts and states to do a better job to provide nutrition options at school. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#better #better job #child #dads #districts

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. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#commercial #customers #facilities #fund #help

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. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#also #america #build #companion #compliment

In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we're both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical. ↗

— Vinnie Vincent

#am #better #both #brought #different

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#earth #eyes #flight #long #once

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#does #enrich #equal #forms #get

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#ancient #blindly #close #comfort #conservative

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#balance #established #fragile #human #humans

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#after #characters #decided #female #female characters