From Power to Purpose, by Sam Brownback: on Jobs


Served as Kansas Secretary of Agriculture during farm crisis

After 4 years of law practice, I decided to apply for the position of Kansas secretary of agriculture when that office came open. This was the job that really got me started in public service as a career. The position of agriculture secretary carried a lot of influence in Kansas. We were in what became known as the "Farm Crisis." The farm economy was deflationary. No one was making much money in agriculture at the time. They were willing to try a lot of different things, so I said, "OK, if it isn't working out for us now, let's find something that will work." So we looked at alternative crops and all sorts of things, including making food products, biofuels, and different technologies that were new at the time. In those first few years, we did what we could at the state level to help the down market, instituting many forward-thinking programs.
Source: From Power to Purpose, by Sam Brownback, p. 10 Jul 3, 2007

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