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Patriot Farmers of America (PFA) staff participant Ned King (left) talks with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Chief of Staff Carlissia Graham, while PFA volunteer participant Willie Derek Riddick II (second from right) talks with USDA Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Deputy Under Secretary Karis T. Gutter (right) and Outreach Specialist Esther Lin (center) about his agriculture career plans, during a visit to the future site of PFA (behind them) at the Hill and Dale Farm in Berryville, VA on Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2015. Deputy Under Secretary Karis T. Gutter and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran is the current and first USDA Military Veterans Agricultural (MVA) Liaison. Gutter emphasized five “buckets” of USDA resources – education, capital and land, land quality, risk management, and expansion and investment. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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Patriot Farmers of America (PFA) staff participant Ned King (left) talks with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) Chief of Staff Carlissia Graham, while PFA volunteer participant Willie Derek Riddick II (second from right) talks with USDA Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Deputy Under Secretary Karis T. Gutter (right) and Outreach Specialist Esther Lin (center) about his agriculture career plans, during a visit to the future site of PFA (behind them) at the Hill and Dale Farm in Berryville, VA on Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2015. Deputy Under Secretary Karis T. Gutter and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran is the current and first USDA Military Veterans Agricultural (MVA) Liaison. Gutter emphasized five “buckets” of USDA resources – education, capital and land, land quality, risk management, and expansion and investment. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.