HAMLET, N.C. – The U.S. agriculture and education secretaries are bringing their rural tour to North Carolina. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will hold a forum on rural education in Hamlet to ask how their departments can help help their communities.

President Barack Obama said in June that Vilsack would lead a tour of the country’s rural communities, along with other top officials. He also has visited communities in Louisiana, Virginia,
Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, Missouri and Colorado.