Josh Shapiro: “AG contributes $133 billion to our state's economy each…”

“I think that's a huge point of pride for us and, and a huge point of opportunity for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over 600,000 of our fellow Pennsylvanians work in agriculture and AG contributes $133 billion to our state's economy each year. To ignore that, I think is not only disrespectful to our farmers, it does not make sense economically. That's why we've embraced agriculture and put it at the center of of our economic development strategy.” (10:55–11:03)

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