By Gene Hall
As I write my contribution to Texas Agriculture Talks this week, I’m watching The Food Dialogs. This is a massive coast-to-coast webcast sponsored by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance to bring farmers, ranchers, food experts and consumers together for a discussion of how food is grown and brought from farm to plate. Texas Farm Bureau is a member of USFRA.
It is an article of faith among farmers and ranchers that consumers don’t really know much about their food supply. In this, they appear to be correct. Prior to this hopefully helpful effort, a nationwide survey delved into the question of how consumers and farmers regard one another, how much consumers know about their food supply and what opinions they hold about their food.
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