The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has named Lillian Otieno as the first director of the Emerging Farmers Office. Otieno has been the coordinator of the MDA Emerging Farmers program since 2021 and has been an MDA employee since 2017. The Emerging Farmers Office was established by the State Legislature two years ago and is the first state office of its kind in the United States.
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