Leadership Required from the US President
Joe Biden has promised to be "a president for all Americans."
This obviously includes farmers, who are often lumped together politically but in fact are a diver...
Trade
Resilient Agriculture
COVID-19 has left a lasting impact. For farmers in Zimbabwe and across Africa, the business of food production and distribution never has seemed more difficult....
Resilient Agriculture Requires Trade Barriers be Removed
The average person in Uganda eats 660 pounds of bananas each year.
That's a lot of bananas: It's at least 50 percent more than the weight of a full-grown male ...
A New Trade Deal Is A Vital Economic Opportunity That Must Not Be Missed
Trade talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union are "deadlocked," according to the Associated Press. Difficult negotiations always involve brinkma...
Celebrating the Freedom to Trade
I once touched the Liberty Bell.
It was a long time ago: I was seven or eight years old and my mother had taken me to Philadelphia to see the sights. Although ...
Celebrating the Certainty of Trade
From the Covid-19 pandemic and its stay-at-home orders to the protests over police brutality and all of their controversies, this year will go down as one of th...
Adaptive Agriculture During a Global Pandemic
At a time when millions of Americans are losing their jobs, many farmers are feeling blessed to have work. But that doesn't mean that the coronavirus hasn't hur...
It's Time to Start Up Our Economy Again
When truckers come to our farm for pinto beans, we don't shake hands or bump elbows. Instead, we practice social distancing: Drivers will pull up and roll down...
A COVID-19 Inspired Food Supply Chain Success Story
As in much of the world, serious measures have been taken by my government to prevent Covid-19 pandemic outbreaks. In Turkey, all public areas are closed but e...
The imperative to move food, medicine, goods, services and information across borders must be honored.
A global pandemic, something never experienced in our lifetime. It?s times like this, where people and nations realise just how interdependent we all are...