The president announced more than $5 billion in spending, largely in rural areas. It will go toward better adapting agriculture to climate change, as well as expanding high-speed internet access and improving local infrastructure. The funding comes from infrastructure and inflation reduction laws which Biden helped champion through Congress.
"Instead of exporting jobs overseas for cheaper labor, now we're creating jobs here and expanding American products and selling them overseas," Biden told a cheering crowd inside a barn at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, about 40 miles south of Minneapolis. "We're not only transforming rural communities, we're transforming our economy."…
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