Senator Lugar on the Global Food Security Act


Apr 6th, 2009 12:07 PM UTC
By Senator Lugar

Senator Casey and I recently introduced the Global Food Security Act of 2009 (S.384) to re-orient U.S. foreign assistance to focus on hunger and poverty. We very much appreciate that ONE has endorsed the bill. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently approved the bill.

Roughly one billion people today suffer from chronic hunger. World population is projected to grow from 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion by 2050. Agricultural productivity will need to at least double by then, but instead it has been stagnating especially in Africa. Farmers will be hard pressed to meet growing demand given the challenges of land, water, and environmental pressures brought about by climate change, soil degradation, deforestation, and volatile fuel prices.

There is little reason for anyone to be hungry in a world in which we have the knowledge and resources to improve food availability and access. The entire world is facing difficult times in this global recession, and now more than ever we need your support to ensure that billions of people do not go hungry and will not in the future. Please contact your Senators and ask them to join us in cosponsoring the bill. If you would like to learn more about the bill and the issue, please visit the food security page of my website.

-Senator Richard G. Lugar, Indiana

TAGS: Agriculture, Lugar-Casey bill, ONE, Sen. Richard Lugar, World Food Crisis

  1. Elton I. Allensays: Apr 16th, 2009 4:14 PM EST

    April 16, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    I can honeslty say that I endorse the bill. The essentials are important: food water shelter ect…. I hope that the bill is passed.

  2. Kaye Doraissays: Jul 17th, 2009 4:20 PM EST

    July 17, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    A group of us just watched the president’s telecast (fri). He is a bully, an egotist and a socialist. Respect the people who voted you into office. Do not vote for his health plan. He is breaking the backs of the middle class.

  3. Dr. Jeremiah Arboursays: Jul 18th, 2009 2:27 AM EST

    July 18, 2009 at 2:27 am

    What people aren’t aware is that these seeds are GENETICALLY MODIFIED which means: they will not reproduce it’s kind (has the “suicide gene”) unlike heirloom seeds which are planted & reharvested decade after decade. These seeds being given to other countries also must be fertilized with chemicals (part of the packg. deal) which is supplied by Monsanto, internationally. HE has destroyed thousands upon thousands of acres of rich farm lands in Mexico. The de-populatin of the world can be easily carried out by seeding it with devastating affects. This is all part of the New World Order & population control, folks. Don’t let these people deceive you into thinking that they are actually doing something good!!! How about helping your OWN country starting w/ the folks in rural Mississippi who have to walk 20 miles to get enough water to even get by! You won’t find this on the main stream news media… Check out freespeechtv.org or Link.org. No, I will NOT support your insane bill! How about writing a bill to change our laws BACK to the original Constitution? You know, the ones that were changed without Americans knowledge or consent? You know what we’re talking about!!!

  4. Ginger Dsays: Jul 23rd, 2009 4:57 PM EST

    July 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    I have to agree with Dr. Arbour. At the heart of this plan is support for a company, Monsanto, whose profits totaled over $11 billion last year. They’re in it for profit. The World Health Organization and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization have both agreed that this type of “assistance” (using genetically modified organisms – GMOs) is not what poorer countries (nor ours, in my opinion) need in order to become food secure. They need agro-ecological practices that are specific to their different bio-regions, and each community needs some sort of capacity building so that they can learn to help themselves. I have already written my senators urging them to NOT support the Casey-Lugar bill, and you can do the same here: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/casey_lugar_gmo/?r_by=-2118356-YiZ11Dx&rc=paste
    I am surprised that an organization like ONE has not seen through this Monsanto smoke-screen to the real reason for support of this bill. I would like to receive a comment from ONE staff.
    Thank you.

  5. Gail Talbotsays: Aug 21st, 2009 11:57 AM EST

    August 21, 2009 at 11:57 am

    Senator Lugar as received Monsanto’s financial greasing for most of his career. He is committed to Monsanto, from GM seed, herbicides and pesticides. to BGH. His address to the American Enterprise Institute on July 2, 2008, where Monsanto blatantly sat in the audience and was acknowledged by Senator Lugar, was one of those few miss-steps which exposed the shadowy figure below the water’s surface. It exemplified the extent of comfort Monsanto is beginning to feel with the powerful placement of Monsanto executives into government agencies such as the FDA, EPA, US Chamber of Commerce, even on the Supreme Court. It has taken Monsanto decades to accomplish this, however, they are closer than ever to a position wherein they will threaten the most catastrophic collapse of the free market in world history. That said, it doesn’t even speak to the extent of damage to human health, environmental harm and the potential to diminish, if not destroy, the worlds food supply.

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