Source:  CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 8/25/10

Shirley Sherrod, the former director of USDA's Rural Development Program in Georgia, has accepted a personal apology from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for her wrongful firing. During a lengthy face to face meeting on Tuesday the Secretary formally offered Sherrod the position of deputy director of the office of Advocacy and Outreach, a position created in the 2008 Farm Bill.

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