Northeast Texas Community College to host ag festival

Where does your food come from? If you’re like many Americans, the answer is the grocery store. In fact, the grocery store is not where our food comes from, just from where it’s distributed. Unfortunately, far too many people are unaware of the role of American agriculture has in their daily lives . . . and what it really takes to have food on their dinner table.
Just a few generations ago, most people were a part of, and had friends or relatives directly involved with, agriculture. Today, that is no longer the case. Most people have no way of learning that agriculture is responsible for providing the necessities of life . . . food, fiber, clothing and shelter. However, it is about time Americans recognize that impact.
American farmers are working harder than ever, and it shows. Today, each American farmer feeds more than 144 people – and the need for food produced in the United States is dramatic. Agriculture is this nation’s number one export and is vitally important in sustaining a healthy economy.
And it’s not just the farmer who makes our food possible. The entire agriculture industry: from the farm all the way to the grocery store and then to your plate serves as the vital links of a chain that brings food to every citizen – and millions of people abroad every day.
Despite the media hype that America is a petroleum-based society, the reality is that “agriculture” and not “oil” is what our very lives are most dependent on.  Truthfully, it is easy to take agriculture for granted in America. Our food has been the most readily accessible and safe for several generations. For this, we’re unbelievably fortunate, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have an obligation to recognize how it’s made possible.
 

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