He established the United States department of agriculture

Abraham Lincoln founded the autonomous Department of Agriculture on May 15, 1862. Lincoln dubbed it the "people's department" since it would be led by a Commissioner without Cabinet standing. The USDA is still in charge of creating and enforcing federal policies on farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. President Abraham Lincoln signed the measure creating the Department of Agriculture on May 15, 1862. He altered and increased agriculture in the United States with this foundation. Lincoln grew up on a poor farm in Kentucky, which provided him with the necessary experience to see the country's need for a stronger agricultural system. He dubbed it "The People's Department" and named Isaac Newton the first Commissioner of Agriculture. Lincoln decided to turn to Newton because his farms were successful and seen as a model.

The achievement of a high standard of consumption of food and fiber for all Americans will require effective programs to raise nutritional standards where they are now less than desirable through expanded school lunch programs, increased provision of food for the ill and handicapped, and a suitable method of increasing food consumption among low-income people. Likewise, the assurance of a fair return to farmers must include a recognition of the importance of the family farm as an efficient unit of agricultural production, as an indispensable social unit of American rural life, and as the economic base for towns and cities in rural areas.