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Elissa Slotkin: “We used to be the second most diverse agricultural state in…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 08:32

And I think that we feel it even more acutely in Michigan. I didn't know this until four or five years ago. We used to be the second most diverse agricultural state in the country after California. Right. We just have more variety. You know, Kansas does a lot of, like, corn or whatever, but we have the cherry growers and potatoes and beans and beets and all the things that we grow here. (08:32–08:39)

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Asserts that Michigan was once the second most diverse agricultural state in the U.S. after California.

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