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Jeez. I went digging too. Here’s as far as I got:

RUPRI is a think-tank made up of a network of colleges, and is headquartered in the University of Iowa. They are paid for by a special grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, a department of the USDA. The NIFA is run by a new boss, Dr. Carrie Castille, who was put into that position by Thomas Vilsack, head of the USDA and a Biden appointment who also served for Obama in the same position.

After that, I gave up. When we start getting into governmental, non-governmental organizations, my head hurts. lol

https://onthinktanks.org/think-tank/rural-policy-research-institute-rupri/

https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0207744-rural-policy-research-institute.html

https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/our-secretary

https://nifa.usda.gov/staff-contact/carrie-castille