Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue visits Colorado

BRIGHTON, CO - MAY 15: United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, third from left with hands in the air, sitting to the right of Sakata Farms owner Robert Sakata, speaks at a round table discussion with local Colorado vegetable growers on May 15, 2018 in Brighton, Colorado. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is visiting Colorado as part of a tour highlighting Trump administration priorities on support for farmers and food stamps. The four-state tour began in New Mexico on Monday as House Republicans on Capitol Hill push for a five-year renewal of federal farm and nutrition policy.Today Perdue toured Food Maven, a food distribution center in Colorado Springs, met with vegetable growers in Brighton to talk about labor issues and continued on to cheesemaker Leprino Foods facility in Greeley. Perdue is scheduled to also stop in Fort Collins to visit his agencys storage and research facility for endangered plants, seed and genetic material for livestock before heading to Wyoming. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)