Summary
The last time the hefty price of wheat was a dinner conversation topic, the-then secretary of agriculture, Earl Butz, hit the road to deflect consumer anger from farmers. His only weapon was a loaf of stale bread.
"Farmers don't set the price of food," Old Fencerow to Fencerow would proclaim as he unwrapped the bread before an audience. "The market does."See the full content of this document
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Markets Mold High Food Costs
He then would move the loaf, slice by slice, from one side of the podium to the other to illustrate what each step of the breadmaking process - flour milling, baking, packag...
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