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- The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the country's largest
conservation agency, encouraging voluntary efforts to protect soil, water, and
wildlife on the 70 percent of America's lands that are in private hands. The
department brings housing, modern telecommunications, and safe drinking water
to rural America, is responsible for the safety of meat, poultry, and egg
products, and is a research leader in everything from human nutrition to new
crop technologies that allow us to grow more food and fiber using less water
and pesticides.
Website: "http://www.usda.gov"
[Summary provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.]
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