Public Schedule
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
United States Department of Agriculture
Week of September 18, 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
8:30am ET Interview with Niala Boodhoo at Axios Sustainability and Food Insecurity
Event in Washington, DC
Week of September 11, 2023
Monday, September 11, 2023
9:00am ET Remarks and Q&A at National Farmers Union DC Fly-In
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
9:40am ET Remarks and Q&A at Growth Energy Biofuels Summit
12:00pm ET WASDE & Crop Production Report Signing
2:00pm ET Veteran Food Security Summit
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
11:15am CT Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities One-Year Anniversary Event at
Gwenyn Farm in Waukesha, WI
1:15pm CT Press Gaggle at Gwenyn Farm in Waukesha, WI
3:00pm CT Urban and Community Forestry Embargoed Press Call
Thursday, September 14, 2023
9:45am CT Urban and Community Forestry Announcement Event at Greene Square Park
in Cedar Rapids, IA
10:45am CT Press Gaggle at Greene Square Park in Cedar Rapids, IA
Week of September 4, 2023
Monday, September 4, 2023
9:15am CT Labor Day Parade in Des Moines, IA
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
7:00pm ET Hamilton College Common Ground Event with Chairman Glenn (GT) Thompson
in Clinton, NY
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
9:30am ET Seminar Lecture: How USDA is Helping America’s Farmers & Rural
Communities Build Prosperity & Deliver Climate Change Solutions at Cornell
University in Ithaca, NY
10:50am ET Press Gaggle at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY
Week of August 28, 2023
Monday, August 28, 2023
9:00am CT Rural Prosperity Stakeholder Meeting at the Good Acre Food Hub in Falcon
Heights, MN
10:50am CT Press Gaggle at the Good Acre Food Hub in Falcon Heights, MN
12:10pm CT Visit to the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, MN
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
9:00am CT Press Interview with Jill Burcum, Star Tribune Editorial Writer in Minneapolis,
MN
2:30pm CT Recorded Press Interview with Mick Bond, Senior Assignment Editor, KPLR 11
in St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
9:45am CT Remarks at Rep. Nikki Budzinksi’s Agriculture Advisory Council Meeting in
Decatur, IL
12:00pm CT Remarks at Max Armstrong’s Farm Progress Radio Show in Decatur, IL
12:40pm CT Press Gaggle with Rep. Nikki Budzinski in Decatur, IL
Week of August 21, 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
9:00am ET Keynote Remarks at Sustainable Forestry and African American Land
Retention (SFLR) Conference in Brunswick, GA
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
9:45am ET More, New & Better Markets Stakeholder Meeting at the Common Market
Southeast in East Point, GA
11:50am ET Press Gaggle at the Common Market Southeast in East Point, GA
12:10pm ET Press Pull-Aside with Jim Burress, WABE at the Common Market Southeast in
East Point, GA
Friday, August 25, 2023
12:00pm ET Tapped Interview with Susan Littlefield, Rural Radio Network
12:10pm ET Tapped Interview with USDA Radio
Week of August 14, 2023
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
2:30pm ET Inflation Reduction Act Anniversary White House Event
Friday, August 18, 2023
8:30am ET Keynote Remarks at Building Pennsylvania’s Future: Harnessing Federal
Investments to Drive Economic Growth at Harrisburg University in
Pennsylvania
1:30pm ET Taped Phone Interview with Chip Flory, AgriTalk
2:00pm ET Embargoed Reconnect Press Call with Mitch Landrieu