so, because you're working with agriculture -- and i know that afghanistan is 80% agricultural -- and just because of all the wars and war problems in your country, you have a long way to go. >> and agriculture is the solution. >> mm-hmm. >> without investing in agriculture, we'll not be able to have long-term stability. like you said, agriculture is the backbone of our economy. 80% is engaged in agriculture, so that's the only way to go ahead with. traditionally, in the past, for centuries, we have been involved with agriculture. and used to be, in the 1970s, we were exporting 70% of the world's raisin. so we have that potential. we need to look at it, how we can get to that target we were producing back then. >> i want to come back to agriculture, but i know that we have some connections in common. you went to cal state, east bay, and you were there when a man named dr. "mo" qayoumi was the president of cal state, east bay. he went to san jose state, and now he is the [laughing] chief advisor to president ghani. so you are now working with the man who was the president of the colleg

every county had an agricultural fair every year. and what is important about the agricultural fair in terms of beauty contests is that the fair is always about helping farm men and women lead more productive farming lives. they are on their farms over the course of the year, hopefully growing better cotton, tobacco, corn, whatever it is and internalizing lessons that are being caught by demonstrations agents. and these agents are sent to teach men how to grow these crops. they are sent to teach women how to do what they need to do to contribute to their farm household economy. well, early on in this process some of these agents start to sponsor better baby contests. and a better baby contest is pretty much what it it title says. it is a contest in which farm women would bring their babies to be judged and the winner, the best baby would win the prize. and the idea was that this would be a way for these farm families to learn the important lessons they needed to learn in terms of hygiene, nutrition. because there were a lot of proble

is the agricultural affairs. which as we know, have a very strong history in the rural south, every county had an agricultural affair. three years. and what is important about the agricultural affair in terms of beauty contests is that the fair is always about helping men and women lead more productive lives and over the course of the year, they are on their farm. hopefully growing better cotton, tobacco, corn, whatever it is. internalizing lessons that are being taught, being sent out by state colleges. and these agents are sent to teach men how to grow these crops and there sent to women teaching them how to also do what they need to do to contribute to their household economy. well, early on in this process, some of these agents start to sponsor better baby contests.and a better baby contest is pretty much what this file says, it's a contest in which farm women would bring their babies to the judge and the winner, the best baby would win the prize. >> the idea was that this would be a way for these foreign fam

every county had an agricultural fair every year. and what is important about the agricultural fair in terms of beauty contests is that the fair is always about helping farm men and women lead more productive farming lives. they are on their farms over the course of the year, hopefully growing better cotton, tobacco, corn, whatever it is and internalizing lessons that are being caught by demonstrations agents. and these agents are sent to teach men how to grow these crops. they are sent to teach women how to do what they need to do to contribute to their farm household economy. well, early on in this process some of these agents start to

in many agricultural areas.areas have been modernized with state-of-the-art agricultural replacement in order to produce more products. you know during the past year, this year we exported and god willing we hope that next year the case will be the same. three years ago, 4.2 million tons of waste from farmers but this year we bought 11.5 billion billion -- million tons of waste from farmers. we have been witnessing a considerable rise in the agriculture sector. you know arise in the agriculture sector in the first six months of this year was more than 5%. that means that in the agriculture sector, we have redoubled our efforts in order to secure self-sufficiency which is the message of the islamic revolution and we are continuing in the field of transportation. our airplanes, our railways, our roadways and our transportation ways. now there's a situation in which we are now and much better shape than in four years ago thanks to efforts by our diplomats. we managed to break the sanctions on the airplane sales to

of agricultural trade wars.g to figure out how they can sell their tobacco, their cotton to national and international markets at a time with these health reviews. they start to have very explicitly beauty contests for rural women. that are associated with agricultural festivals and you start to see tobacco queens. cotton queens. peanut queens. is to gete idea there the benefits of the beauty contest. you want to use beautiful women to sell agricultural products across the nation, across the rest of the world. there might be a little opposition to saying this is a beauty contest and to infighting again women to appear in their swimsuits to be judged just for their beauty. i think by putting them in the agricultural product, these sponsors found a way to deflect criticism. you can find these really womensting pictures of wearing these tobacco outfits while they are on stage being judged. these white beauty queens really serve a kind of public relations function for the white south. the white south did not always

but today our agriculture produce 180 million tons. water efficient data passed 37% were made in the irrigation field, modern irrigation field. our irrigation official stands at 32% today in many agriculture or areas. those areas have been modernized with the state-of-the-art agriculture equipment in order to produce more products. during the past year, but this year we exported, god willing we hope that next year that case will be the same. three years ago, 4.2 million tons from farmers, but this year we want 11.5 million times from farmers that means we have been what he seen a considerable rise in the agriculture sector. you know, verizon agriculture said during the first six months of this year was more than ciphers. that means that in the agriculture sector, we have doubled our effort in order to secure self-sufficiency, which is the message of the islamic revolution and we are continuing that in the field of transportation, our air fleet, rail fleet, road transportation fleet. now the situation we are now is what better than four

this is how they would about agriculture, learn about mr. kearney. we are so lucky that the kearney mansion still exists today. >> this weekend, we are featuring the history of fresno, california.

industrial hemp is in agriculture crop just like corn or soybeans. when i was commissioner of agriculture, one of the first initiatives i announced in kentucky was we were going to legalize industrial hemp in kentucky and we were going to be the leading state in the nation. people rolled their eyes and said, that's the craziest thing i've ever heard, and went on. after i announced it at the state fair in kentucky in august of 2012, i had just been office six months, i went all over the state educating people, doing town hall meetings, and the issue got a lot of press. i put together a bipartisan coalition, and you will see here, this is an interesting group that the c-span viewers will look at and say, i've never seen those three people together on anything. this is senator rand paul, who is a republican, congressman thomas massey is off-the-charts conservative, and john yarmuth, who is one of the most liberal members of congress. leadership,emocrat person he's the budget leadership.crat we don't agree on everything but we agreed on this issue. i bro

. >> we will finish -- visit a historic museum to learn about the early contributor to the agriculture in fresno. >> he was especially interested in growing. he wanted to get together a co-op of raising growers to structure the pricing and control quality of reasons. isins.ra >> you can watch that coverage , and american history tv on c-span3. the american cities tour featuring cities across our country. >> republican governor terry branstad gives his -- gave his final state of the state address in the state of iowa. he has been picked by president trump to serve as u.s. ambassador to china. asis expected to step down governor, once the u.n. takes up his nomination. is around 30 minutes. [applause] gov. branstad: madam lieutenant governor, mr. speaker, madam speaker -- let me start over again here. matter lieutenant governor, mr. president, madam speaker, legislative leaders and legislators, justices and judges, elected officials and distinguished guests, family, friends, and fellow iowans, i am humbled to once again addressed the joint session of the general assembly delivering the co

not about agriculture. not about commodities. the idea of cooking and cuisine through time and its relation to world history. so it kind of follows this similar world history narrative and then you have got cuisine layered over it. the two interact, the two are instrumental and cuisine moves as civilizations develop and change and are absorbed by others. so you can really learn a lot about world history through the study of cuisine. it feels to me, really, and intellectual history book. a book about ideas. as was mentioned, it is about culinary philosophies. the culinary cosmos. the ideas and impulses behind which people do things. and in that way, it is about elites as rachel pointed out. it is about power. about people in power making decisions based on religious ideas, based on cultural ideas, and people are definitely a part of the narrative. one of the things i love to do in my classes to pair it with "guns, germs, and steel." which really should be renamed "food." jared diamond covers essentially the same territory but has

over the last 30 years, we've significantly added to our agriculture commodities. we've diversified the economy by supporting growth in wind energy, data centers, fertilizer plants, advanced manufacturing, insurance and financial services. these newer industries employ hundreds of thousands of iowans in rewarding careers. while i'm pleased with this progress and optimistic about our future, i believe there's more work to be done. we must seize the opportunity that is before us. this new general assembly brings new dynamics, new expectations and new opportunities to deliver positive results for iowans. [ applause ] our state is in an admirable position. many states are strapped with crushing debt, poor credit ratings and a bleak outlook, but iowa is an example for what tough work can do for growing businesses and nurturing families. while the december earning estimate is lower than previous projections, the estimate shows a modest increase in state revenues. although we faced a head wind out of washington, d.c. that is stifling our agricultural of economy, we still

in agriculture.the state has more than 35,000 farms and 31 million acres used for farming and ranching. if you look at the colorado business economic outlook, the net farm income of ranchers and farmers in 2016 estimated, though, this year to be the lowest it's been since 1986. and the projections for 2017 are even lower. you know, i grew up, of course, as a kid in the 1980's 1980's, and watching perhaps the hardest times agriculture in the u.s. had faced in decades. watching a lot of people that i knew my whole life going out of business, people having to sell the farm because of what was happening in the 1980's, leading to a banking crisis in agriculture in the 1980's, watching banks that i had grown up with close. and i'm concerned, though, in this country that we're going to see the same thing again beginning in 2016 into 2017, and then into 2018, next year. and i'm very worried that those tough times that we saw in the 1980's, stft tough with the good times we saw in the 1990's and some really g

alternativeing firms of agriculture as a kind of free ride on a solid basis of industrial agriculture, i see these as things that are going to have to be adopted whether we like them or not. that does not mean horse-drawn plows, but it may mean paying attention to nutrients in the soil, to replenishing the soil, mono crops, to having a variety of crops and things like that. ,he choice referred to by amy would you rather have people or have themally starving purely without mcdonald's or without convenient foods, is not in my opinion a real choice. she says the diseases of plenty are less appalling than the diseases of poverty. that is true, but the problem is that diseases of plenty are new and diseases of poverty have not been eliminated. theians do not suffer from corn disease anymore. the diet of people in the southern united rates and appalachia is better than it was 100 years ago or so. the diet of many people around the world can actually work because there are many more of in the case because of any society in the third world dependent on fish, their resources have been appropri

. >> they have a very vibrant agricultural community partly because when immigrants came, this was the only entry for them into the american economy. history tv oncan c-span3, the history of farming and agriculture in fresno from county director jacobson. only region like this found in the united states. >> we will tour a museum and learn about an early contributor to agriculture in fresno. >> he especially was interested in the growing of raisins, and he wanted to get a co-op of reason growers to structure the pricing, and control the quality. tour of the c-span's fresno, california. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> a federal judge in seattle has temporarily blocked president trump's executive order on immigrants and refugees. this is from bloomberg. the ruling saying washington state and minnesota can sue over the executive order, saying the states economies and residents could be injured by the band. the judge is a george h w bush appointee and the ruling in seattle came after an earlier ruling from a federal judge in boston said the order

the agricultural output would fall by $30 to $60 billion. the organization found that as enforcement only approached, would it increase food prices by 5% to 6%. and the study by the national mick producers organization found even a 50% reduction in the deary workers would increase the price of milk by 45%. the foods that could be most affected are ones most dependent on labor for harvesting. they include strawberries, black berries, cherries and asparagus. farmers are worried that the policy will prevent all workers from crossing the border. >> it is a big part of our labor force. there hasn't been a legal way for immigrants to come into the country since the 80s. so a big part of our labor force is undocumented. >> some offer as a solution but not all crops are conducive to it. bell peopppers are delicate and can be easily bruised. the price they would have to pay to automate their harvesting are simply too high. >> it's not just agriculture changing policy. it can be tightly intertwined with the broader economy. one estimate says for every

quiet, agriculture but also rural poverty. but in that half an hour drive you see these three kinds of landscapes and i would say that you wouldn't find that anywhere else in the country. those two places in one drive. but it's quite canvas to write about. the hard place to write about because you have to make certain judgments and it can be a depressing place to write about and i think that's why so much of the literature that come out of here has been great literature has been fiction and poetry. it also has a rich history of great books, phil levine who came here for from detroit and we have great fiction begin with steinbeck and saroyan that's been written here. what nonfiction has been more difficult because you have to dig in to these brokenness of this place. and it doesn't make you a real popular person to tell the stories here. i live here and yet you are writing these stories that not everyone embraces because you are telling the history, working all of the place and the wisest person among the wisest people i've eve

japanese americans have a vibrant agricultural history. the was the only point for them in american economy and american -- internment in world were 25 sifted that and can be send traited the stronger sense of being japanese-american. my generation has shift its classically immigrant story. my generation we call ourselves third generation in america. >> the time, spring and summer of 1942. the place, ten different relocation centers in california,ers are, utah, idaho, wyoming, colorado, and arkansas. >> the experience of my parents during relocation and world war ii internment of japanese more thans were very common. there is would crisis, turmoil, historia, and didn't know what to do. so i think like many of them they realized they had to just accept what was happening, do their own type of civil disobedience but accept this broader frame of this history that was unfolding along with all the chaos and uncertainty. so they did -- growing up they rarely talked about it. and i only started piecing together stories i heard here and there, rea

i actually look at the agriculture committee as well as having a duo mission of making sure that the rule economies of our nation are robust or successful. today, i, mr. speaker, rise first of all to say thank you and farewell to scott graves, staff director of the house agriculture committee, an individual that has served well for many years. mr. speaker, as you know, there's a right way to do business here in the house and scott graves has understood what it takes to manage the agriculture committee. the chairman's personal affairs and agenda. but he's also found time to help out members of this committee from both sides of the aisle. knowing is one thing, execution is everything. i've always been impressed with the way we have been able to work on the committee in a bipartisan manner for the good of agriculture, and the 320 million americans that benefit from safety, innovation and forward thinking of the agriculture industry. under scott's leadership, he made this look easy. now as he embarks upon the next step in his career, i wish scott graves all the best. his wife, his little

thanks to the hard work & of iowa's farmers and agriculture producers. we just set an all-time record for ethanol production. we set a new record for biodiesel production by adding an additional 55 million gallons and we lead the nation in the percentage of electricity generated by wind. we now generate over 35% of our electricity from wind. we expect that number to exceed 40% by the year 2020. we love wind. over the last 30 years, we've significantly added to our agriculture commodities. we've diversified the iowa economy by expanding exports and supporting growth in biofuels, wind energy, data centers, fertilizer plants, biorenewable chemicals, advanced manufacturing, insurance and financial services. these newer industries employ hundreds of thousands of iowans in rewarding careers. and while i'm pleased with this progress and optimistic about our future, i believe there's more work to be done. we must seize the opportunity that is before us. this new general assembly brings new dynamics, new expectations and new opportunities to deliver positive resu

agricultural and united states -- agriculture in the united states enjoyed a great surplus. export around the world, but in particular vis-a-vis mexico. that is being, if you will, future ofd by the whether we will have a nafta agreement that all three nations can agree to. so we have seen shifts that are both technological as well as lubricated, if you will, by these nafta agreements. jason: it has lifted millions of people out of poverty. peter: the integration of both economies and policy is absolutely right. auto are canadian manufacturers operating in mexico very successfully. it has also -- and i think others may speak to this much more authoritatively than i, but it has improved labor standards across the board. it has had a big impact in terms of bringing people into a more modern, more lucrative quality of life in terms of how they can employ themselves, feed their families, and contribute to their communities. paula: meanwhile we did not deal adequately in the united states with the disruption that comes about with the technological dynamism. jason: go ahead. rafae

americans had a very vibrant agricultural community partly because when the immigrants first came this was entry point for a lot of them in american economy and american community. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on farming andstory of agricultural in fresno from the fresno county farm bureau, director ryan jacobson. we have a mediterranean climate, in only five regions of the world and we're the only ones found in the united states. a museum and learn about the history of theodore kearny, an early contributor to the development of agriculture in fresno and stablished the california raisin growers association. >> he especially was interested n growing of raisins and he wanted to get together a co-op of raisin growers to structure pricing, control quality and other reasons. >> watch the city tour of california, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. at

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indeed agriculture sector we have an $8 million deficit and thanks to the effort to this year actually that has a $2 billion deficit faced to the deficit - - efforts of our farmers. but with 180 million pounds and thanks to those effortshe mr and irrigation and to produce more products. but next year the case will be the same. 4.2 million pounds but this year we bought a 11.5 million pounds from the farmers with the agricultural sector. after more than 5% that we have doubled our efforts to secure self-sufficiency and with transportation thanks to those diplomats we managed to break -- to break the sanctions to have more safety over the past three years reestablished 564 kilometers but we will be inaugurated soon. and 16 kilometers ofof highways. 200511 kilometers with the expressway is and thatrd housing units will beis managed in to finish those housing units but the idea and in the segment 845,000 but actually we have inaugurated and that is concerned and being inaugurated with 4 million cubic meters had have insurance coverage for those that provided food baskets. and for those ent

william chapman who bought a lot of the property out here through agricultural script. he hired mr. kerney to develop these colony farm systems out here. so they started the first colony farm, central colony out here in this area. that is really where he made his money. he was a great land promoter. he learned really -- or enticed people to come out here to the central valley and, you please, settle here. -- most of property the properties were 20-acre farms and the thing that really brought people out here was irrigation. the canals would bring to the colonies their own irrigation water. also vineyards were planted for them and other fruit trees and so on. so it really was a great opportunity for people to settle in this region. the first crop they realized was successful was wheat. there was a wonderful wheat field growing here. once they realized they could bring water from the rivers to irrigate it the soil out here was ideal. but eventually, fruit crops, raisins were a big part of what was grown out here and what we are known as today. we also have regular grape vines out here.

we need to protect all of our surface water for dough mirving, agriculture -- for domestic, agricultural and industrial and recreational uses. by the way, the e.p.a. and the army's definition of surface waters is no broader than my own state's definition of surface waters. new mexico's definition is appropriate and reasonable to protect our precious surface water. the attorney general of oklahoma is fighting the clean water rule too, even though it protects against cross-state pollution. one more example, madam president, the clean power plan. the clean power plan is our country's best effort to address climate change. we know that climate change is happening. we know that climate change is primarily caused by humans. we know that power plants are a major crib tor. we know we need to take action and that we need to take action fast to protect our planet. the clean power plan significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions from existing modified and future power plants. it was developed based on the best science. it was developed based on a tremendous amount of input from states, industry,

meanwhile, agriculturally, and agriculture, in the united states, enjoys great surplus. we export around the world but in particular, vis-a-vis mexico. and that is being, if you will, jeopardized by the future of whether we will have a nafta agreement that all three nations can agree to. so we've seen, you know, shifts that are both technological as well as by these nafta agreements. >> and it's lifted millions of people out of poverty. let's be tranfrank. paul is absolutely right. there are canadian auto part manufacturers now operating many medical examin in mexico successfully. and others may speak to this more authoritatively than i but it's improved labor standards across the board. it had a big impact in terms of bringing people into a more modern, more lucrative quality of life in terms of how they can employ themselves, feed their families and contribute to their communities. >> meanwhile, we did not deal here at home in the united states adequately with the disruption and the acceleration of the disruption that comes about through the technological. >> go ahead.

agricultural, chemical firm —— syngenta.we discussed it here —— very important firm. it needed us approval because it has such big as is also in the united states. do you mind if we skip the new york times, because at the end of the day we have talked about al arlott in this particular segment, if ai is going to be part of weaponry, that is a natural progression. the chinese are hiring people from silicon valley. and china wanting to lead the way on everything, and why not? whereas greece at the moment? well, 25 or 30% shrinking of economy, you see real fallout. 30% shrinking of economy, you see realfallout. pensioners who 30% shrinking of economy, you see real fallout. pensioners who are really struggling, people are going through their savings, which doesn't help. and let's not forget they have a huge number of immigrants. they have a huge number of immigrants to deal with, and so you have cypriots trying to fight it for the greek people, and then you have the imf and europe, and the imf being a little more stringent than

global warming, impact of climate change on global agriculture. iowa state's prestigious leopold center, quote, views climate change not merely as warming but as a worse rching de-- worsening destablization of the climate's environmental systems, end quote. climate change isn't just warming. it is, quote, a worsening destabilization of the planet's environmental systems and yet the good senator voted to move this climate denying industry tool forward to be our e.p.a. administrator. a worsening destabilization of the planet's environmental systems, they call it, that will create -- an quoting from them again -- aggravated and unpredictable risk that will challenge the security of our agricultural and biological systems. aggravated and unpredid i unpre- unpredictable risk that will challenge the security of our agricultural and boy logical systems. that's i would state tawsmght they conclude, the scientific evidence is clear that the magnitude of the changes ahead are greater, the rate much faster, oont the duration of -- and the duration of climati

historically japanese-americans had a very vibrant agricultural community. partly because when immigrants first game this was the only in 2.4 a lot of them in american economy, in american communities. certainly relocation and internment during world war ii shifted that so it concentrated even more of a stronger sense of being japanese-american. my generation has shifted. it's very classically immigrant story. my generation, we call ourselves third-generation in america. >> the experience of my parents during relocation and world war ii internment of japanese americans i think was very common. there was crisis, turmoil, hysteria, and he did know what to do. i think like many of them they realized they had to just accept what was happening, do their own type of civil disobedience, but really accept this broader frame of this history that was unfolding along with all their chaos and uncertainty. growing up they rarely talked about it, and i only started piecing together stories i heard here and there, reading about it and understanding what a traumatic moment

the rivers run backward to control that flow and all those rivers were captured in the name of agriculture. and 90% were taken by farm that the flow is shut off by the dam and the flow that is shunted to this lattice irrigation canals throughout the valley so it is the most industrialized farm in the history of man, creating these factories. to begin with the nonfiction literature of this place, factories in the field by carrying it -- a book that was written in the depression time and really put on the map how industrialized this is. how we created this futile society with farmers who didn't call themselves farmers but growers, had captured tens of thousands of acres of land and industrialized it and to find a workforce south of the border. and imported a workforce and we basically important -- imported did the a lower-class that came here and the struggle created a vast plantation society and that futile structure still exists today. it is a place of tremendous disparity where the land, and machines are controlled by 300 families up and down this valley, the vast majority of the land and

oklahoma is an agricultural state. and we care a great deal about the land we live in and the air that we breathe and want to be sure it is safe for our families and generations to come. i think -- when i think about the current administrator that was there during the years of the obama administration, he was actually in a hearing just a few hoursing a, and he talked about -- just a few hours ago, and he talked about how close it was, how comforting it was to come to our state of oklahoma, which he did twice, and learn that landowners are on the side of the environment. they're the ones who want to care for the land. they're the ones who want to exert whatever energies are necessary to take care of the problems and pollution that are somewhat present in this world. as attorney general, pruitt has worked closely with the oklahoma department of environmental quality and resources board to protect oklahoma's scenic rivers from upstream pollution. as a matter of fact, his reputation is -- he's mr. scenic rivers back in okl

smart manufacturing, internet of things, precision agriculture, machine learning.these are all science fiction at the point that nafta was negotiated. since those days the internet economy has grown into the largest and fastest growing sector of the u.s. economy today. this is directly employing nearly 3 million americans. it's obviously related to many, many other jobs that are related. and it's actually a really strong point and a point of strength ever used economy because we have a massive surplus in digitally delivered services, and that's $159 billion when it was last looked at in 2014. so not only is the internet transforming the u.s. economy, but it's transforming trade in a fundamentally positive way. when nafta was negotiated it took massive capital and resources to participate directly in trade. and today hundreds of thousands of u.s. small businesses better internet enabled are able to access customers in mexico and canada with the click of a button or the swipe of a nap. -- app. at the same time there's a lot of good stories in small business but is al

william chapman, who bought a lot of the property out here through agricultural script. he hired mr. kearney to develop the colony farm systems out here. he started the first colony farm, central colony, out here in this area. mr. kearney, that is really where he made his money. he was just a great land promoter. he enticed people to come out here to the central valley and settle here. most of the properties were about 20 acre farms. the thing that really brought people out here was irrigation. the canals that were formed here would bring to the colonies their own irrigation water. also vineyards planted for them and other fruit trees and so on. so, it really was a great opportunity for people to settle in this region. the first crop they realized was successful was wheat. the result wonderful wheatfield that was growing here. once they realize they could bring water from the river to irrigate it, the soil was ideal. eventually fruit crops, raisins, a big part of what was grown out here and what we are known as today. we also have the regular grapevines out here. today w

this is how they would about agriculture, learn about mr. kearney.lucky that the kearney mansion still exists today. >> this weekend, we are featuring the history of fresno, california. learn more about fresno and other stops on our cities tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. philadelphia's museum of the american revolution is scheduled to open on table 19. before constructing museum, a team of archaeologists excavated the site a few blocks from independence hall. in the process they eventually uncovered 82,000 artifacts. up next, on american artifacts,

they are thinking about becoming involved in agriculture in laos. the farm began growing coffee beans eight years ago. the annual yield has reached 1,500 tons. about 70% of the beans are exported to japan. >> translator: this is the best place for planting coffee beans in southeast asia. it's like a golden land. >> reporter: the group's next stop was a strawberry farm run by a japanese farmer. the farmer has been providing technical assistance to farmers in laos. he began growing strawberries after his retirement three years ago. now he produces six tons of the fruit each year. yamamoto will start selling his strawberries in the thai capital bangkok on a trial basis. he's eager to expand into the cities where people's purchasing power is growing. >> translator: you can hop on the plane and get to bangkok and ho chi minh city quickly. big cities in neighboring countries are so close here. this location is very convenient. >> reporter: the japanese company officials are considering how to make the most of the ideal farming conditions and the proximity

i want to thank our former secretary of agriculture, tom hill sack, who was such a champion of driving this program. appreciate all the work that everybody has done. finally i want to thank the leadership of kathleen and dorothy and what they have done it this session. we are going to take a quick five minute break and then something new, never been done before. for hot topics at the plenary session to talk about what we -- four hot topics at the plenary session to talk about what we need to do. thank you to everyone for being a part of it. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> i know we have a little bit of time. i was talking and i said why don't we support here. so, as you know, many years ago [indiscernible] figure out a way to do it. it was very complicated. the pointat [inaudible] and we -- part of the problem is, downtown reno, warehouse issues continue. mostly because the city doesn't want a warehouse. they wan

and, very importantly, could raise its tariff in agriculture to 20%. okay? that will hurt a lot of people. so i think it's clear that mexico hurts the united states, at least as much as the united states hurts mexico in the second scenario which is mfn trade. okay. that takes me to my last scenario. matt, be patient. on the border adjustment tax. okay? you cannot ignore -- you cannot say we had an event last week so we're not going to discuss this. the two are linked. the border adjustment tax has many attractions politically because it's a measure that looks like it might be wto consistent, like a value-added tax, but actually it is not at all wto consistent. i would disagree with the lawyers. i am an economist. it is not at all wto consistent. but it would give the united states cover for staying in the system while adjudication takes place, countries retaliate, lots of uncertainty, et cetera. let me say unequivocally that the border adjustment tax is worse in economic terms than scenario number two, the break-up of nafta and mfn trade, because it effectiv

and, very importantly, could raise its tariff in agriculture to 20%. okay? that will hurt a lot of people. so i think it's clear that mexico hurts the united states, at least as much as the united states hurts mexico in the second scenario which is mfn trade. okay. that takes me to my last scenario. matt, be patient. on the border adjustment tax. okay? you cannot ignore -- you cannot say we had an event last week so we're not going to discuss this. the two are linked. the border adjustment tax has many attractions politically because it's a measure that looks like it might be wto consistent, like a value-added tax, but actually it is not at all wto consistent. i would disagree with the lawyers. i am an economist. it is not at all wto consistent. but it would give the united states cover for staying in the system while adjudication takes place, countries retaliate, lots of uncertainty, et cetera. let me say unequivocally that the border adjustment tax is worse in economic terms than scenario number two, the break-up of nafta and mfn trade, because it effectiv

fresno has always had a large japanese-american population because of the agriculture.hat is what they are known for. when all the japanese-americans were evacuated, all the japanese-americans from this area were sent to one camp in particular. there were 10 camps in the nation. they were all out on the west coast area. there were no camps in california except for maza in our. the rest were in colorado, arizona, wyoming. a lot of our japanese-americans were affected to her this collection and focus on it. we have had the japanese-american collection for a long time. it comes from different donors over the years. it comes in fits and starts. we've gotten a lot more material, and there's been a lot more focus. we have been fortunate to meet up with a number of families, not just japanese-american families but other families. for example, the man who ran the fresno assembly center, his family gave us a number of items that are important. in recent years, it's become a major focus, although we have always had material on this topic. i think remembering the 75th anniversary

from paris's agricultural affair, he called his words irresponsible. >> even during the campaign politics should be dignified and based on the truth. some candidates like to present

friend of mine john baraso -- one of the rules most strongly opposed by farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers all across our lands, prohibiting them from being allowed to do what they're supposed to be doing. it's been a disaster. the clean waters act says that the epa is regulate navigatable waters that affect interstate commerce but a few years ago the epa decided that can mean nearly every puddle or every ditch on a farmer's land ta they decide, right? >> yes, sir. >> the epa regulators were putting people out of jobs by the hundreds of thousands. and regulations and permits started treating our wonderful small farmers and small businesses as if they were a major industrial polluter. they treated them horribly,

they were not only being used for agricultural labor, they were being used to build railroads and all kinds of things during world war ii. after the war is over, what do we do with the brothers and sisters we have invited to work with us? the politicians in the central valley of the time would come out and state that. they can send them back when we are done. in 1948, here we are. after the war has ended, they began -- actually in 1947 they begin sending back as a mass deportation. they would do mass roundups because this is where a big portion of workers had come.