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Ed Schafer- Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture: The 2008 World Food Crisis, Building the Organic Label, and GMOs' Potential Power for Good
Ed brings one of the most diverse agriculture perspectives to the podcast to date. He is the former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 2 time governor of North Dakota, and he has led a multi-national consumer products business as well as many entrepreneurial start-ups. Ed played a pivotal role in many of the biggest agriculture events and movements of the 21st century.
This week in Agriculture Adapts:
- Tackling the 2008 world food crisis; learnings for a safe & resilient global food system
- What it was like to build the USDA organic label and why it may be more "wishy washy" than you'd expect
- G.M.O.s are a spectrum, we can't bunch them all together and rule them out-- there is too much potential for good
- How silicon valley jumped the gun with ag-tech
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References mentioned in the episode
- 2007-08 world food price crisis
- Golden Rice - G.M.O.s and Vitamin A deficiency in developing countries
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Ed brings one of the most diverse agriculture perspectives to the podcast to date. He is the former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 2 time governor of North Dakota, and he has led a multi-national consumer products business as well as many entrepreneurial start-ups. Ed played a pivotal role in many of the biggest agriculture events and movements of the 21st century.
This week in Agriculture Adapts:
- Tackling the 2008 world food crisis; learnings for a safe & resilient global food system
- What it was like to build the USDA organic label and why it may be more "wishy washy" than you'd expect
- G.M.O.s are a spectrum, we can't bunch them all together and rule them out-- there is too much potential for good
- How silicon valley jumped the gun with ag-tech
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References mentioned in the episode
- 2007-08 world food price crisis
- Golden Rice - G.M.O.s and Vitamin A deficiency in developing countries