We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value.

- Tom Vilsack

In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of fam…

- Tom Vilsack

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

- Tom Vilsack

Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they s…

- Tom Vilsack

People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.

- Tom Vilsack

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.

- Tom Vilsack

This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright spot in the American economy. In 2011, agricultur…

- Tom Vilsack

One out of every 12 jobs in the economy is connected in some way, shape or form to what happens on the farm.

- Tom Vilsack

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's be…

- Tom Vilsack