Source: Janell Baum, Farm Progress, 2/25/14

USDA on Monday began the first in a series of Google+ Hangouts designed to facilitate conversation between the agency and its constituents.

Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden hosted the hangout, a web-based conference call, focusing on new or beginning farmers and the "changing face of agriculture" – a tagline heard several times during the USDA Ag Outlook Forum held last week.