Hyde-Smith touts role of agriculture during FFA meeting
The Loyd Star Future Farmers of America celebrated a successful year Tuesday night with a banquet at the school.
The event featured state Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith, a former state senator from Brookhaven, as well as the presentation of awards for students.
Hyde-Smith talked about the importance of agriculture in her time in front of the audience. She played up the quality of life in a rural area and gave insight into how agriculture works at the state level.
Hyde-Smith pointed out that 2 percent of the population in the United States works to feed the other 98 percent.
“But most people have no idea of how food gets to them,” she said. “It never occurs to them what farmers are doing to get them that food to them.” Hyde-Smith said that Americans have the safest food supply in the world, thanks to work done by regulators to ensure that safety.
Daily Leader
4/25/12
Magnolia Tribune
