Press Turns Out for Food Price Briefing

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 RFA’s own 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 ethanol 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.

It’s a big file and may take a while to load but you can listen to the entire one hour plus press conference here: Food Price Press Conference (1 Hour MP3 file)

You can see an online photo album from the press conference here: RFA Press Conference Photo Album