that's an example of the kind of hunger we see out there and how we and the united states government, particularly the united states department of agriculture relate to people on the farms and fields in communities of america so i don't say those things just to tell you, to indicate how busy i've been. i say those things to let you know that people wantto hear, they want to see people out there working . they are merely emblematic of how hungry the american people are for people in this town to listen, because they want us to quit talking to them and to listen and that's what i've enjoyed doing. to understand their issues and work toward common solutions and i think it's fair to say that demand was pent up, i guess would be the bestdescription. in eight months , folks have found an honest listener and an honest broker in the secretary of agriculture, one who wants to hear from them, to listen to their issues, listen to their problems and hopefully work to solve some of them. i think this gives me a unique perspective of two different worlds. one is the world of washington and of politics. you know it well. it's here, all i had and 12. the o

thousand christmas tree farms throughout the united states and they add to local state and national economies according to the united states department of agriculture's us to to stick service and the national christmas tree foundation yes there is a grand national christmas tree foundation there are approximately twenty five to thirty million twenty five to thirty million real christmas trees sold in the u.s. every year there are close to three hundred fifty million real christmas trees currently growing on christmas tree farms in the u.s. alone they're all planted by farmers on close to fifteen thousand farms and about three hundred fifty thousand acres are used as we said in our answer to our quiz the top christmas tree producing states are oregon north carolina michigan pennsylvania wisconsin washington state and there are over a one hundred thousand christmas tree jobs in the u.s. eighty percent of the artificial trees are made in china and there are of course made from non-biodegradable plastics they can be used for many years perhaps we need to buy a great degradable christmas tree although i guess it wouldn't last for that long certainly is no

it goes on and on of the kind of hunger we see out there and how we in the united states government particularly the united states department of agriculture relate to people on the farms and fields in the communities of america. i don't say the things just to indicate how busy i have been but i say those things to let you know that people want to hear and they want to see people out there working. they are merely emblematic of our hungry how american people are in this town to listen to them. they want us to quit talking to them and to listen and that's what i have enjoyed doing. to understand their issues and work toward common solutions and i think it's fairly fair to say that their demand was pent up. would be the best description. folks believe that they have found an honest listener and an honest broker and the secretary of agriculture and one wants to hear from them and to listen to their issues and to listen to their problems and hopefully work to solve some of them. i think this gives me a unique perspective of preserving two different worlds. one is the world of washington and of politics and you know it well and it's here and al

agriculture can to visit at the university in tallahassee. that is just an example of the kind of hunger we see out there and how we in the united states government and the department of agriculture relate to people in the communities of america. i don't say those things just to show you and indicate how busy i have been. i say those things to let you know that people want to hear, want to see people out there working. they are merely emblematic of how hungry american people are for people in this town to listen, because they want us to quit talking to them and to listen. that is what i have enjoyed doing. understand their issues and work towards common solutions. thatnk it is fair to say -- in eight months, folks believe they have found an honest oftener and the secretary agriculture, one who wants to hear from them, listen to their issues, listen to their problems , and hopefully work to solve some of them. makenk this gives me a you perspective of serving two different worlds. one is the world of washington and politics. you know it well. the other world is of real people out there outside this area that don't know what about what goes on here. they don't really