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Josh Svaty
Joshua Svaty (; born November 7, 1979) is an American politician, farmer, and businessman from Kansas. He announced his bid for the 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election as a Democrat on May 16, 2017. In 2002, at the age of 22, Svaty was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives and served until he was appointed secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture by Governor Mark Parkinson on July 14, 2009. After leaving office in 2011, Svaty served as the Vice President of The Land Institute, a nonprofit agricultural research entity near Salina. He and his wife own a farm in Ellsworth County, Kansas. Education Svaty received his undergraduate degree from Sterling College, a small liberal arts college in Sterling, Kansas. He later attended Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, partly during his term in the Kansas House of Representatives. Career Campaign for Governor Since announcing he was running for Governor of Kansas in May 2017, Svaty visited all 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Department Of Agriculture
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is a department of the government of Kansas under the Governor of Kansas. It is responsible for providing services and expertise that promote and protect Kansas' food supply and natural resources while stimulating economic growth. The head of the Department is the Secretary of Agriculture, who is appointed by the Governor, with the approval of the Kansas Senate. The current Secretary of Agriculture is Mike Beam, who was appointed by Governor Laura Kelly in 2019. Former Secretaries of Agriculture have included Jackie McClaskey, Sam Brownback, Foster Dwight Coburn, Alfred Gray, Adrian Polansky, and Joshua Svaty. History Initially, the Kansas State Agricultural Society began organization is 1855 and held the first public meeting in 1857, while Kansas was a territory. The Kansas Legislature officially adopted the Kansas State Agricultural Society as a state entity in 1862. The Kansas Board of Agriculture was created in 1872, building upon th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |