Sonny Perdue emerged Friday in the role of helping to shift $3 billion of the nation’s food supply to food banks and similar facilities before farmers destroy the food because they can’t afford to get it to market. The $19 billion relief program includes $16 billion in direct aid for farmers.
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An open letter to Georgia Gov.-elect Brian Kemp
As you prepare to step into the governor’s office, you stand at a crossroads.
Will you be a governor who embodies the image you presented during the primaries – a gun-toting, anti-immigration, pro-religious liberty leader who divides our state?
Or will you be a unifying force who appeals to Georgia’s demographic diversity, its rural and urban areas as well as someone who will nurture economic development in all corners of the state?
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North Georgia hiking trails to be improved by public/private partnerships
During the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the federal law that created the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the federal government has started a program to use volunteers and partners to maintain more than 6,300 miles of trails in national forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Perdue tours Irma-damaged farms as his policy focus remains funding to fight fires
As U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tours storm-damaged farms in Georgia today, his broader focus is on changing fiscal policy that seems to have contributed to the record-breaking wildfires out west – more than 2.2 million acres of national forest lands have burned as of Thursday.
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Perdue blocks Brazil beef imports amid bribery scandal over rotten meat
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday blocked the import of beef from Brazil. Brazil’s meat industry is embroiled in a corruption scandal involving $150 million in bribes paid by the world’s largest meat handler to presidents and state officials.
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U.S. Ag Sec. Sonny Perdue lauds NAFTA in Savannah meetings with reps from Canada, Mexico
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue emphasized the value of NAFTA as he met this week in Savannah with senior government representatives of Canada and Mexico. Perdue’s support was evident in his tweets and his support of the joint statement released at the conclusion of the trade meeting.
