Issue Position: Agriculture - Opportunity

Issue Position

Agriculture is an opportunity for Muskegon and Michigan. We are blessed to live in a region with a unique microclimate to produce a variety of crops.

I have worked hand-in-hand with our growers over the years during good times and bad. I have helped our asparagus growers as they faced an unlevel playing field with Peruvian competition. I have worked with cherry and apple growers to provide relief when frost destroyed their livelihoods. I have helped secure funding to research Phytophthora, a disease that threatens our vegetable crops in Michigan.

With a growing world population, our growers here in West Michigan stand to benefit. I will work with the agriculture community to ensure they remain on the leading edge of the industry and prevent unnecessary government overreach.

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