LINCOLN, Neb. — “Food security is national security,” said Land O’Lakes President and CEO Beth Ford in a May 8, Heuermann Lecture at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Neb.
To address agricultural challenges, Ford stressed the need for a comprehensive, long-term water sustainability strategy, and shared why water is at the top of her priority list.
“Fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 2030 by 56 percent globally, and water is critical to production agriculture, it’s critical to communities and to life,” Ford said. Water issues and policies are very local but have global implications, especially with agriculture. . .
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