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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Ag Investment ?able
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 15:41:47 -0500


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>"The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio" by Steven Blank (ISBN:
1567201652) discusses whether agriculture will exist in the US in the near
future. ...we should use our $ to purchase food abroad, not invest in
agriculture.
>
>More interesting than the book is the fact this train of thought actually
became a book.
>
>
>Dave


Sadly, this train has landed in Washington, D.C. I had a conversation with a
grower from Michigan this Winter. He earlier attended a town hall meeting
where his local Representative shared the view that we can purchase food
overseas cheaper than we can produce it. His Representative thought he
should get a better paying job.

I've heard the same thoughts attributed to V.P. Gore. Though I can't
verify it, the fact that my farmer contact had a U.S. Representative tell
him the same thing suggests that it is not an uncommon thought in
Washington, D.C.

Any similar experiences out there?

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center





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