The newest member of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture executive team is Assistant Commissioner Patrice Bailey, who oversees several departments, including outreach, ag marketing and development, dairy and meat inspection and food safety. “We have value-added and livestock grants available. I want to get the word out about these grants so people know there is help out there.” Originally from Harlem, New York, Bailey took his mother’s educational advice and now sees agriculture in a whole different light. “I wanted to go to law school,” says Bailey. “My mom said there are too many lawyers and that I should find a profession that I can feed myself in any part of the world I may find myself. I asked ‘What is that?’ and she said agriculture.”
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