Summary: The Agriculture Department is, in many ways, mainly a research agency. Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest on this podcast, came up through the ranks to run the 13,000-person Agricultural Research Service. Now she's the USDA's Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics, as well as its Chief Scientist. Chavonda Jacobs-Young also garnered the prestigious Presidential Rank Award late last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
