Increasing awareness, diversity and equity in agriculture
are goals for the Illinois House Agriculture and Conservation Committee in 2020.
Representative Sonya Harper of Chicago chairs the committee.
She tells Brownfield she has had productive conversations with Lieutenant Governor
Juliana Stratton and the Illinois Environmental Council.
“We are looking forward to increasing the overall knowledge of agriculture and promoting it more within the state especially in urban areas, but definitely putting a positive highlight on Illinois in hopes that we can make some more producers here.”
With less than a year of chairman experience under her belt,
Harper says she continues to learn more about rural agriculture while keeping
urban agriculture issues on the table too.
