{"id":69946,"date":"2021-02-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/?p=69946"},"modified":"2021-02-22T22:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:27:59","slug":"grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/","title":{"rendered":"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69950 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2.png 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Following the Senate vote to confirm Thomas M. Vilsack as the next Secretary of Agriculture, National Grange president Betsy Huber sent the new Secretary a congratulatory letter in which she emphasized several National Grange rural and agricultural priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Secretary Vilsack,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Congratulations on your confirmation to once again serve as Secretary of Agriculture. The National Grange looks forward to welcoming you back to Washington, D.C. Since our founding in 1867, the National Grange has worked with administrations of both parties to create policies which support agriculture and rural America. Today, the National Grange serves as the voice of over 150,000 rural Americans from all across the country. In this mission, we look forward to working with you and the Department of Agriculture in the next few years to advance policies which benefit rural America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Secretary-Vilsack-Welcome-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Following the Senate vote to confirm Thomas M. Vilsack as the next Secretary of Agriculture, National Grange president Betsy Huber sent the new Secretary a congratulatory letter in which she emphasized several National Grange rural and agricultural priorities. Secretary Vilsack, Congratulations on your confirmation to once again serve as Secretary of Agriculture. The National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack - The National Grange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack - The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Following the Senate vote to confirm Thomas M. Vilsack as the next Secretary of Agriculture, National Grange president Betsy Huber sent the new Secretary a congratulatory letter in which she emphasized several National Grange rural and agricultural priorities. Secretary Vilsack, Congratulations on your confirmation to once again serve as Secretary of Agriculture. The National &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nationalgrange\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-24T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stephanie Wilkins\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NationalGrange\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NationalGrange\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Stephanie Wilkins\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/\",\"name\":\"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack - The National Grange\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-24T08:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#\/schema\/person\/b976ac2b6c2c30a710c1126f5034a1f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\",\"name\":\"The National Grange\",\"description\":\"Advocating for American Values\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#\/schema\/person\/b976ac2b6c2c30a710c1126f5034a1f6\",\"name\":\"Stephanie Wilkins\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7513ede669a81cc6bbc6e802d5038ca2110e39c3c6e98dde183ad1b231d8cd2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7513ede669a81cc6bbc6e802d5038ca2110e39c3c6e98dde183ad1b231d8cd2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Stephanie Wilkins\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/author\/swilkins\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack - The National Grange","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack - The National Grange","og_description":"&nbsp; Following the Senate vote to confirm Thomas M. Vilsack as the next Secretary of Agriculture, National Grange president Betsy Huber sent the new Secretary a congratulatory letter in which she emphasized several National Grange rural and agricultural priorities. Secretary Vilsack, Congratulations on your confirmation to once again serve as Secretary of Agriculture. The National &hellip; Continue reading \"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack\"","og_url":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/","og_site_name":"The National Grange","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nationalgrange\/","article_published_time":"2021-02-24T08:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Stephanie Wilkins","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NationalGrange","twitter_site":"@NationalGrange","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Stephanie Wilkins","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/","url":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/","name":"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack - The National Grange","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png","datePublished":"2021-02-24T08:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#\/schema\/person\/b976ac2b6c2c30a710c1126f5034a1f6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ag-2-300x173.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/grange-sends-congratulatory-letter-to-new-secretary-of-agriculture-thomas-m-vilsack\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grange sends congratulatory letter to new Secretary of Agriculture Thomas M. Vilsack"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/","name":"The National Grange","description":"Advocating for American Values","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#\/schema\/person\/b976ac2b6c2c30a710c1126f5034a1f6","name":"Stephanie Wilkins","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7513ede669a81cc6bbc6e802d5038ca2110e39c3c6e98dde183ad1b231d8cd2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a7513ede669a81cc6bbc6e802d5038ca2110e39c3c6e98dde183ad1b231d8cd2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Stephanie Wilkins"},"url":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/author\/swilkins\/"}]}},"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69946"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69954,"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69946\/revisions\/69954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}