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About USDA

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, Washington, D.C, on May 26, 2017. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.

Our 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.