The 2010 TIME 100 Poll
Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th
Age: 50
Occupation: Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Merrigan brings an unusually green viewpoint to the USDA, better known as a bastion of mainstream industrial farming. The former director of the agriculture, food and environment program at Tufts University, as a congressional staffer in 1990 she helped write the Organic Food Production Act. She remains a champion of sustainable farming.
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