Iowa Choice Harvest Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Penny Brown Huber speaks to Iowa Congressman Bruce Braley and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the processing facility in Marshalltown, IA on Aug. 22, 2014. Iowa Choice Harvest received loan guarantees and Value-Added Producer Grant funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA Rural Development (RD) agency to assist in the start-up the business. The funds aided in the purchase of equipment to size, freeze and process fresh fruits and vegetables and build an accounting and financial software system and develop marketing materials for the business. USDA photo by Darin Leach.
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