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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

American, founded 1862
BiographyFounded in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act of Congress establishing the United States Department of Agriculture. For more info: https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/history