Imagine Paying Any Attention To Producing Food
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
While reading through a stack of news accounts that were contemplating the ways in which to restrict agricultural carbon emissions I came across this story fretting over the inability of the United Nations in getting the funding they wanted for the purpose of feeding a hungry world. Just as the United States government hasn’t got the ability to actually solve any problem (other than getting out of the way), the United Nations doesn’t have any capabilities of solving world hunger either.
Never the less, putting a focus on the need for agriculture to expand its output of food might be a novel approach for us to consider. Here in our country, the infrastructure of production is bogged down with every effort imaginable by government officials and politicians seeking to prevent efficient and effective output.
While international level bureaucrats wring their hands over not being able to extract funds for pursuit of their support programs – our U.S. Senator stuffs federal earmarks into legislation to siphon off necessary water resources away from production agriculture.
Making use of the skills and abilities U.S. farmers and ranchers have to produce the world’s most affordable, safest and most nutritious food products doesn’t get much public attention because more pressing social designs take priority. Ideally, as we prepare to celebrate the day set aside for recognition of our bounty there will be some consideration on just how fortunate we are, even with the difficulties of our present economy, to have so much to be Thankful.
While reading through a stack of news accounts that were contemplating the ways in which to restrict agricultural carbon emissions I came across this story fretting over the inability of the United Nations in getting the funding they wanted for the purpose of feeding a hungry world. Just as the United States government hasn’t got the ability to actually solve any problem (other than getting out of the way), the United Nations doesn’t have any capabilities of solving world hunger either.
Never the less, putting a focus on the need for agriculture to expand its output of food might be a novel approach for us to consider. Here in our country, the infrastructure of production is bogged down with every effort imaginable by government officials and politicians seeking to prevent efficient and effective output.
While international level bureaucrats wring their hands over not being able to extract funds for pursuit of their support programs – our U.S. Senator stuffs federal earmarks into legislation to siphon off necessary water resources away from production agriculture.
Making use of the skills and abilities U.S. farmers and ranchers have to produce the world’s most affordable, safest and most nutritious food products doesn’t get much public attention because more pressing social designs take priority. Ideally, as we prepare to celebrate the day set aside for recognition of our bounty there will be some consideration on just how fortunate we are, even with the difficulties of our present economy, to have so much to be Thankful.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 11/23/2009 9:20 AM 
Categories: Agriculture
Tags: Hunger Farming and Ranching Food Production Thanksgiving
Categories: Agriculture
Tags: Hunger Farming and Ranching Food Production Thanksgiving
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