COVID-19 and the Need for International Food Aid – A Growing Body of Evidence

Agriculture & Agribusiness, Government Relations / Ben Dash

“So today, with COVID-19, I want to stress that we are not only facing a global health pandemic but also a global humanitarian catastrophe. Millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the specter of famine a very real and dangerous possibility.” David

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The 2020 Presidential Transition Has Already Begun, Quietly

Government Relations / Kenneth D. Ackerman

It is almost easy to forget, in this strange, tumultuous spring of 2020, that we still have a national presidential election, perhaps one of the most important in our lifetimes, just around the corner, five months from now. As a cascade of crises dominates national attention — the covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, nationwide

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Government shutdowns – Who dreamed up this crazy idea?

Government Relations / Kenneth D. Ackerman

Jimmy Carter (above) and his Attorney General, Benjamin Civiletti (right), authors of the modern government shutdown. In all the drama and commotion over the government shutdown, now in its third week, with 800,000 federal employees going without paychecks and services disappearing by the day, all prompted by President Trump’s insistence on funding his proposed Mexican

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John Block Reports: Saying Goodbye to President George H.W. Bush

Government Relations / John R. Block

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block. The passing of President George H. W. Bush has brought the whole nation to focus on his life and the contributions that he made to our country. President Reagan brought the Soviet Union down, but President Bush managed the clean-up of the Cold War. Eastern Europe emerged from the

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COVID-19 and the Need for International Food Aid – A Growing Body of Evidence

The 2020 Presidential Transition Has Already Begun, Quietly

Government shutdowns – Who dreamed up this crazy idea?

John Block Reports: Saying Goodbye to President George H.W. Bush

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