Roger Johnson on the National Farmers Union
American Family Farmer
English - January 08, 2017 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsFood Arts locavore foodie health food healthy living Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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ROGER JOHNSON has been President of The National Farmers Union since 2009. Prior, he was a third-generation family farmer from Turtle Lake, ND, where he also served as North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner since 1996.
SOME TALKING POINTS:
1. U.S. farm policy already favors Big Business. Will it get worse under Trump?
2. Ten food trends that will shape 2017
Trend 1: Silicon Valley & Food
Trend 2: The Wild West
Trend 3: Enhanced Foods: Beyond Brownies
Trend 4: Generation Z
Trend 5: Sustainability
Trend 6: Digital Foodscape
Trend 7: Microbrands to Megabrands
Trend 8: Augmented Transparency (AT)
Trend 9: Cellular Agriculture
Trend 10: The New Administration
Find out more at www.nfu.org