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USDA poverty line  

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  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department concerned with federal policies on farming, agriculture, forestry, and food and was formed in 1862. President Lincoln nicknamed it “the people’s department” and charged it with collecting agricultural statistics and improving American agricultural practices. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; USDA Poverty Line]

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