Young FSA CED Leads Trend to Change Face of Ag

Brenda Farias is one of the youngest executive directors in the Farm Service Agency’s Santa Maria, Calif., office. At the age of 29, Farias serves as a liaison between USDA and farmers in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. With no farming background and no family farm to inherit, Farias found a passion for agriculture that led her to study dairy science at California Polytechnic State University and receive an MBA from the University of La Verne. Read more (Santa Maria Sun).