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Chris Petersen, President, Iowa
Farmers Union
“Who should benefit most from the farm bill, Wall Street, or
Rural America?”
Matt Russell, Chair of Iowa Network of Community Agriculture;
“Public Policy puts yoke to wagon.”
Fred Kirshenmann, Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center;
“The time when we ignore soil quality while producing large
crops with cheap energy is coming to an end.”
“Diversified farms have comparative advantage to restore and
maintain human capital”.
Paul Willis, Manager, Niman Ranch:
“People are looking for quality in their food supply.”
John Crabtree, Development and Outreach Officer, Center for
Rural Affairs;
“The statement, ‘larger farms are more cost effective than
small farms’ is a lie.”
Jerry Rosman, Interim Director, Iowa Organic Association;
“80-90% of organic soybean imports come from China, and the US imports half of it’s total need
of organic soybeans.”
David Osterberg, Executive Director, Iowa Policy Project;
“Are there community benefits from large CAFOs? Our research
says no. Are there good jobs associated with wind power development? Yes there
are.”
Aaron Woolf, Director, Mosaic Films Incorporated;
“I grew corn for one year in Green County Iowa, I farmed for
one year. But I have been eating for 43 years.”
John Campbell, United Steelworkers;
“ A hungry man has but one fault, but a well fed man has
many.”...
“There are two ghettos, one rural and one urban.”...
“Firestone is now losing business because the Chinese have
started building tractor tires.”
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