On October 7, the Farm Foundation utilized their monthly Farm Foundation Forum to host representatives from the Obama and McCain campaigns. Their assignment was to talk about food, agriculture and rural policy in their respective campaigns.
The event -- held at the National Press Club, featured James C. Webster, an Obama Agriculture Advisory Committee member and former USDA Secretary Block, who represented the McCain Campaign. You can listen to the forum at: http://www.farmfoundation.org/news/articlefiles
Originally from South Dakota, Mr. Webster recently retired as the author and founder of the Webster Ag-Letter, a well respected news letter that has documented agriculture, food and rural development policy-making in the US Congress and the Department of Agriculture.
John Block, originally from Illinois, served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Ronald Reagan.
The Farm Foundation, a publicly supported 501 (c)(3), is directed by a Board of Trustees comprised of leaders in production agriculture, related businesses and academia.
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