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Her grandparents worked the fields.

She became the second-highest-ranking official in the entire US Department of Agriculture.
She oversaw USDA Rural Development, directing loans and grants that fund rural infrastructure.
She was a congresswoman on the House Agriculture Committee.
She practiced water and natural resources law in New Mexico.
She started her career organizing in colonias along the border.
And now, she is the Executive Director of

Xochitl Torres Small is not a keynote speaker who talks about food systems from the outside.
She has been inside the machinery that funds them, shapes them and helps their communities grow.

This year's theme at the Arizona Good Food Forum is Cultivating Tomorrow — from the future of water to tribal food sovereignty, to meat processing access, sustainable ranching and seed stewardship.

These are the same issues Xochitl Torres Small has spent her career trying to move at the federal level.

On August 25, she brings that conversation to Prescott.

Grab your tickets and pull up a seat!

https://hubs.li/Q04mYnTB0

Applications are closing TODAY for the Ag Business Boot Camp🚨

The Ag Business Boot Camp returns to Tucson July 13 to August 31, built for farmers ready to grow the business behind the farm.

Eight weeks of business planning, funding pathways, food safety guidance and farm tours alongside other farmers.

Head to https://hubs.li/Q04nFQB50 to apply now!