Posted October 24, 2016
In response to Mrs. Obama’s invitation to dialogue about the importance of healthy eating and her promotion of local and organic foods, in a March 2009 letter to President Obama, the Mid America CropLife Association wrote:2“Fresh foods grown conventionally are wholesome and flavorful yet more economical. Local and conventional farming is not mutually exclusive. If Americans were still required to farm to support their family’s basic food and fiber needs, would the U.S. have been leaders in the advancement of science, communication, education, medicine, transportation and the arts?” Read more.