A.G. Kawamura

In this opinion piece, A.G. Kawamura, former California Secretary of Agriculture, discusses his remarks from the World Food Prize roundtable event.

Here in the United States, we are witnessing what appears to be a state-by-state effort to dismantle the regulatory protections and support for agriculture that was put in place so many years ago.

For many commodities, market prices have been dismal and with years of declining farm income, many older farmers are calling it quits and walking away.