Since signing the MoU, how has the USDA worked with the Department of War, Specifically DARPA and USDA's Office of the Chief Scientist to advance agricultural security and innovation? I'm so happy you asked this question. Never before has the Secretary of War, previously Secretary of Defense, actually signed an MOU with the Secretary of Agriculture. We have taught under any administration. We have talked at length today about the national security implications of agriculture and how for so many years, America, I believe, has been asleep. (00:50–00:58)
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