Executive Dept 4 (USDA) Flashcards
USDA stands for
US dept of agriculture
USDA developes and
Executes policy on farming, agriculture, and food
USDA aims to include meeting the need of (2)
Farmers
Ranchers
USDA promotes
Agricultural trade and production for farmers
USDA assures
Food safety
USDA protects
Forests and other natural resources
USDA fosters
Rural prosperity
USDA ends
Hunger in America and abroad
USDA employs over _ people
100,000
USDA annual budget approximately
$150 billion
USDA includes
16 agencies
Agency included in the USDA animal
Animal and plant health inspection services
Another usda agency food
Food and nutrition service
Another usda agency forest
Forest service
Bill of USDA budget goes to
Mandatory programs that provide services required by law
Example of a mandatory program (nutrition)
Program designed to provide nutrition assistance
Mandatory program example agricultural
Promote agricultural exports
Mandatory program
Conserve our environment
USDA provides food
To countries in need
Who administers the usda
The United States secretary of agriculture