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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack challenged the audience at the National Rural Assembly to make the case for rural America Tuesday, June 25, in Bethesda, Md. Looking on is Dylan Kruse of Sustainable Northwest, who introduced Vilsack. Photo by Heidi Marttila-Losure/Dakotafire Media

Vilsack tells rural advocates to make their case for rural America

After raising the issue of the relevancy of rural places to the national political conversation last December, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took a step beyond that Tuesday as he addressed the National Rural Assembly: Why aren’t rural advocates outraged when rural places are dismissed as irrelevant?