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Nixon actually hadwhat were called the "kitchen cabinetconversations" with Khrushchev. He...

Nixon actually had
what were called the "kitchen cabinet
conversations" with Khrushchev. He took him through
supermarkets, and this notion is, "Look at
what we have in this country." Nixon's secretary of
agriculture, Earl Butz, actually said to the farmers,
"Get big or get out." We're going to make
this industry pay

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Nixon actually had what were called
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the "kitchen cabinet conversations" with Khrushchev.
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He took him through supermarkets,
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and this notion is, "Look at what we have in this country."
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Nixon's secretary of agriculture, Earl Butz,
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actually said to the farmers, "Get big or get out."
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We're going to make this industry pay.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:49
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
He encouraged them to take out huge loans - Food and Country 00:23
He encouraged them to take out huge loans
Bless us, O Lord, and these our gifts, - Food and Country 00:07
Bless us, O Lord, and these our gifts,
[Angela] I don't do much video conferencing, - Food and Country 00:09
[Angela] I don't do much video conferencing,
So, tell me what COVID has been like for you. - Food and Country 00:05
So, tell me what COVID has been like for you.
And, in 2013, we put wheat into our rotation. - Food and Country 00:06
And, in 2013, we put wheat into our rotation.
And we've done Sudan for forage for cattle, - Food and Country 00:11
And we've done Sudan for forage for cattle,
Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressful. - Food and Country 00:06
Farming economics for the last eight years has been stressfu...
We're at cost of production or less. - Food and Country 00:06
We're at cost of production or less.
It's a half a million dollars, almost, - Food and Country 00:06
It's a half a million dollars, almost,
We've got bills up to here. I mean, we are highly leveraged. - Food and Country 00:06
We've got bills up to here. I mean, we are highly lever...
So we're transitioning acres into organic. - Food and Country 00:06
So we're transitioning acres into organic.
Yes, but the hard part is that 36 months of transition. - Food and Country 00:06
Yes, but the hard part is that 36 months of transition.
We go every year to the bank to renew our ag loan. - Food and Country 00:07
We go every year to the bank to renew our ag loan.
And it's only from beginning of the year to the end. - Food and Country 00:05
And it's only from beginning of the year to the end.
And it's like, there's no, there's no flow in between years, - Food and Country 00:08
And it's like, there's no, there's no flow in...
- Just kids. - [laughing] - Food and Country 00:10
- Just kids. - [laughing]
So, the majority of farmers in the United States go to the bank every winter, - Food and Country 00:16
So, the majority of farmers in the United States go to the b...
They farm all year and hope they can make enough at the end of the year - Food and Country 00:11
They farm all year and hope they can make enough at the end ...
And in our history, that's exactly what happened to us. - Food and Country 00:06
And in our history, that's exactly what happened to us.
It was Economics 101 in the '80s. - Food and Country 00:05
It was Economics 101 in the '80s.