[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]U.S. Department of Agriculture Hall of Heroes inductees announced[/title][fusion_text]Friday, November 6th 2015
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced two new inductees, Cesar Chavez and Dr. Mary-Dell Chilton, into the U.S. Department of Agriculture Hall of Heroes. Established in September 2000, the Hall of Heroes recognizes those who have had a lasting impact on agriculture and America’s rural communities. The honorees will be recognized permanently by plaques in the entry hall of USDA’s Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building. Past inductees of the USDA Hall of Heroes include Norm Berg, Former Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Thomas Monroe Campbell, First Black Extension Agency in the United States; Justin Smith Morrill, Father of the Land-Grant College System; Senator George S. McGovern, Advocate for Fighting Hunger; Senator Tom Harkin, Advocate for the Agriculture Community; Hugh Hammond Bennett, Father of Soil Conservation; George Washington Carver, Father of Chemurgy; Senator Robert Dole, National Leader of Nutrition and Farming Programs; Isabelle Kelley, Co-Founder of the National School Lunch Program; California Interagency Incident Management Team 3, Pacific Northwest Incident Management Team 3, and the Southwest Area Incident Management Team, first responders dispatched to work alongside local, state, and federal agencies on September 11, 2001; and Smokey Bear, America’s First Fire Prevention Bear.
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