Let us build a 21st-century rural economy

“Let us build a 21st-century rural economy of cutting-edge companies and technologies that lead us to energy and food security. Such an investment will revitalize rural America, re-establish our moral leadership on climate security and eliminate our addiction to foreign oil.”

— Tom Vilsack

Author: Tom Vilsack
Category: food
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Food prices are often kept artificially high.

“Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start of the new millennium are not being reached. Fine words have not yet been turned into deeds.”

— Jonathan Sacks

Author: Jonathan Sacks
Category: food
Tags: food, Jonathan Sacks