U.S. food production is a matter of national security
Tim Hammerich
News Reporter
President Joe Biden recently signed a National Security Memorandum to Strengthen the Security and Resilience of U.S. Food and Agriculture. Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the memorandum instructs government officials to identify threats to American food and agriculture and respond appropriately.
Woodall… “What it means is that the Biden administration clearly understands that food security and U.S. food production is national security. So, for them to take this move to put out a national security memorandum shows quite clearly that they understand the role we play in feeding ourselves in the United States and feeding the global community. And so that opens up the opportunity for us to have even more of a connection to them as we look at the threats against all American agriculture, but especially cattle production, and find ways to make sure that we can continue to protect ourselves and respond in the event of some sort of either a terrorist action or unintentional action that resulted in us having a foreign animal disease or some other threat.”
Woodall says this is an opportunity to find ways to continue protecting U.S. food production, and sites threats to the beef industry like Foot and Mouth Disease and other foreign animal diseases.
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