Kathleen Merrigan Resigns as U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary
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Kathleen Merrigan has resigned as deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency’s No. 2 job.
Merrigan, an organic-foods expert, “played a vital role in the department’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative,” which focused on locally grown food, as well as the agency’s budget cutting efforts, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today in an e-mail. No reason was given for her departure.