Stallman: How much do consumers want, need to know? behind that production.” According to Stallman, 25,000 people die daily because of lack of food. By 2050, nearly 3 billion more people will be populating this earth. Juhnke said there are about 1 billion acres of idle
cropland around the world so perhaps part of the mission of U.S. agriculture and Congress is to assist in improving production systems in other parts of the world. He noted that over the past 10 years $3.4 billion has been spent to counteract food insurgency efforts.
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MESSAGE, from pg. 18A Walmart as now the No. 1 food retailer in America. “And if Walmart comes to your farm and asks if you can meet their demands on producing certain food items, it really won’t matter what the USDA and other federal agency standards are. Like it or not, the real marketing power of U.S. agriculture is rapidly moving into the hands of Walmart, Target and other major retailers who’ve added food to their product lineup.” Tres Bailey, Walmart representative on the live feed from Washington D. C., said, “the livelihood of U.S. farmers has become key in our Food security total business matrix. has rapidly Our tag line reads become more ‘Save Money, Live important to Better’. There is no the world than single supplier, be it China or energy secuelsewhere rity. that can — Bob Stallman, best provide our needs. American Farm That’s why Bureau Federation a healthy, thriving U.S. agriculture is important to our success in the food industry.” Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation president, also commenting from the D.C. feed said, “as robust as American agriculture has become in recent years, even more and better research is the key for feeding the world in the next years. In America 90 billion pounds of food are wasted each year. “There needs to be more transparency in government. It’s happening in agriculture. But the question continues ‘How much do consumers want to know, or need to know?’ Food security has rapidly become more important to the world than energy security. Consumers are willing to pay $30,000 to $40,000 or more for a new auto with all the whistles and gadgets. But they aren’t willing to pay more for food, regardless the technology and nutritional science
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