March 1, 2010
Bad Advice for a High Price

There's no doubt about it: "Agri-intellectual" Michael Pollan is a rock star in rich people's kitchens.
 
He's a bestselling author, has a devoted fan base, and continues to spread his message about the American food system. He's made a living—there are press reports that he is paid $20,000 to $45,000 per public appearance—evangelizing his vision of the way people should eat.
 
It's just too bad that his message could cripple rural America while at the same time neutering our country's ability to provide a safe, healthy food supply for the world's exploding population.

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Profile: Ruth Gerdes

Ruth Gerdes has never forgotten the years when massive droughts almost cost her and her husband their farm. Realizing that her family was paying thousands of dollars for an insurance policy that wasn't working, Gerdes began her career in crop insurance at an independent agency in Auburn, Nebraska. Today, she is one of the most knowledgeable and respected agents in the United States specializing in multiple-peril crop insurance and services policies.
 
Gerdes grew up on a combination ranch and farm in Western Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska, where she earned degrees in agricultural journalism and animal science. In 1979 she married husband Myron, and the couple moved to his family farm in Auburn where they began their own corn, soybean, and purebred angus farm. Gerdes' first job was at Excel Corp. (now Cargill), where she was the first woman in the country in their corporate sales division.

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So Inexpensive Restaurants Give It Away for Free

As a media spokesperson for the sugar industry, I talk to reporters a lot. And right now, they all seem to want to talk about one thing: sugar prices.
 
Many are confused about the difference between highly volatile world sugar prices, which have ranged from 6 cents to 30 cents per pound in the past five years, and U.S. prices, which tend to remain much steadier.
 
Others want to know if candy bars will get prohibitively expensive now that sugar prices have temporarily recovered from being in the doldrums for the better part of two decades.
 
All seem relieved when I point out one amazing fact: Sugar remains so inexpensive that you can literally walk into any restaurant in the country and fill your pockets with sugar packets for free.

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Bad Advice for a High Price
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So Inexpensive Restaurants Give It Away for Free
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