But the legislative effort should have yielded so much more. Food and agriculture systems in the United States and around the world face fundamental long-term challenges posed by resource scarcity, population growth, climate change, invasive pests, pathogens and diseases, rising consumer incomes in low- and middle-income countries, and shifts in relative economic power. These challenges demand forward-looking leadership. The 2014 farm bill did not provide it.[I serve on AGree's scientific advisory group.]
Friday, January 31, 2014
AGree co-chairs comment on Farm Bill
Dan Glickman, Gary Hirshberg, Jim Moseley, and Emmy Simmons are the four co-chairs of the highly bi-partisan and cross-sectoral AGree initiative. Their joint op-ed in Roll Call today recognizes several good features of the Farm Bill, but ...
A friend who works on rural advocacy writes: "Now that farm bill is done, AGree has an opinion and will announce recommendations? I shake my head in bewilderment."
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