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Marcy Kaptur, one of Ukraine’s best friends in Congress, has women and farming on her mind

By Brian Bonner.

Published April 18, 2018. Updated April 18 2018 at 10:36 pm

Marcy Kaptur, who has served 35 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, checks out spring planting during a March visit to Zhytomyr Oblast. Kaptur co-chairs the Ukraine Caucus in Congress and is one of the nation's strongest supporters.

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Marcy Kaptur is planting Seeds of Hope this spring.

The longest-serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives, with 35 years in Congress, emerged from a March visit to the farm fields near Zhytomyr, a city of 266,000 people that is 140 kilometers southwest of Kyiv, with new zest over the potential of Ukraine’s women and its agricultural sector.

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