What could possibly be more important than youth development and the provision of food, fiber, and shelter?

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This includes, most portentously, rising demand for fuel, food and fiber in developing countries, notably in East Asia and Latin America.

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As a result, the product was never commercialized, and plants cultivated for food and fiber throughout the nation remain vulnerable to frost damage.

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In the next couple of years, the same factors of supply and demand that sent up prices of food and fiber will send them down.

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Agricultural landscapes can accomplish this while improving food and fiber production and minimizing the need for artificial fertilizer and fossil-fuel-driven tilling and raising farmer incomes.

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From producing America's food, fuel, and fiber to advancing clean, homegrown energy solutions, farmers and ranchers play an essential role in driving our country's progress.

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American farmers and ranchers are proud to grow the food, feed, fuel, and fiber that enhance our national security and prosperity, and remain steadfast stewards of the land they love.

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" He rattles off consumer products in excess--"autos, fiber optic cable, computers, cell phones, trucks, airplanes, steel, even food.

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