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Ben Thomas, who had been director of the Montana Department of Agriculture, joins the Environmental Defense Fund.
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Agweek Staff Report | 5:30 am, Jan. 22, 2021 ×
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Ben Thomas, former director of the Montana Department of Agriculture and also a former deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has joined the Environmental Defense Fund, or EDF, as senior policy director. In In this newly created position, he will pursue policy solutions that help farmers and ranchers build climate and economic resilience, the Environmental Defense Fund said in a written statement. I was raised on a cotton and peanut farm in West Texas, and I know how critical farm policy can be in keeping family farms going through the worst of times,” Thomas said in the statement. In my years of work in state and federal government, I’ve also seen good ideas fail because they didn’t work on the ground. EDF has shown real leadership i