United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.[1]
Despite its mission statement, for fiscal year 2008, 59% of its budget is for food assistance programs, and 19% of its budget is for farm and commodity programs. Less than 6% of its budget is spent on research.
During the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, the Department of Agriculture under far-left pro-Communist Secretary Henry Wallace was engaged in trying to 'collectivize' American farms, contributing to the significant economic recession known as the "Great Depression." The main sub-Department that carried out this policy was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The AAA, as it was known, was subject to repeated Supreme Court challenges, and was filled with men who would later become known as Soviet spies against America, men like Alger Hiss.
See also
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration
- 4-H - A youth organization administrated by the USDA
- Ware group
- Agricultural Research Service
