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Elissa Slotkin: “We have the most diverse agricultural state in the country…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

Slotkin joins James Beard in Detroit to talk about helping farmers and restaurants

Published March 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 09:05

We have the second most agricultural state in the country after California. But actually, Senator Stabenow changed the talking point, and I now really smugly say to my California friends that We have the most diverse agricultural state in the country with access to water. Right. But if you add in having water in your state in a serious way, then we are number one. Whoa. Yeah. So I have some prompts for the. (09:05–09:12)

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Asserts that Michigan is the most diverse agricultural state in the U.S. when considering access to water.

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