Press Turns Out for Food Price Briefing
Posted: April 30, 2008
The media was very interested in hearing the story that agriculture and the ethanol industry had to tell about food prices during a press conference Wednesday at the National Press Club.
Former Agriculture Secretary John Block, National Corn Growers CEO Rick Tolman, National Farmers Union president Tom Buis and Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dinneen gave opening statements about the facts on food price increases and entertained about 40 minutes of questions from reporters present and on the phone. They covered nearly every topic on the food and fuel waterfront and gave highly informative answers to probing and intelligent questions from the press. Hopefully this will translate into some balance in reporting about the food versus fuel issue.
Listen to the entire one hour plus press conference here:
You can see an online photo album from the press conference here: RFA Press Conference Photo Album