Priorities
Under Secretary Vilsack’s leadership and the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is empowering people and improving lives.
USDA has set four cross-cutting strategic priorities as part of its work on behalf of producers, families, and rural communities:
Addressing Climate Change via Climate Smart Agriculture, Forestry, and Clean Energy; Advancing Racial Justice, Equity, Opportunity and Rural Prosperity; Creating More and Better Market Opportunities; and Tackling Food and Nutrition Insecurity.
Critical Resources
Climate change presents real threats to U.S. agricultural production, forest resources, and rural economies. Producers and land managers across the country are experiencing climate impacts through shifting weather patterns and increasingly frequent and severe storms, floods, drought, and wildfire.
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USDA can only succeed in its mission to help America thrive—and can only live up to President Lincoln's description of it as the "People's Department"—if it ensures that the Americans who need its services most receive them.
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All Americans benefit from investments that provide consistent access to safe, healthy, affordable food, and COVID-19 revealed vulnerabilities in our food system. As we build back better, we must create new and better markets for all producers and consumers. The food system of the future needs to be fair, competitive, distributed, and resilient.
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