-: My name is Bette Brand.
I work for Farm Credit, and I am their advocate
and chief storyteller.
The best way that we do it is connecting farmers
and having them, providing an opportunity
for them to tell their own story
or bringing members of Congress or staffers
or people from Washington, DC from other organizations
that are weighing in on policy for agriculture,
bring them in so that they understand
not just about agriculture from a book,
but they actually go out on the farm
and hear the real life stories
of this is what they're dealing with,
this is what the operation is.
A farmer is not just some person in bib overalls,
that they truly have a business.
It's more than just a way of a lifestyle.