>> we are the heart of agriculture. iowa is the leading corn producing state, the leading soybean producing state. the leading pork producing state. the leading egg producing state. our cat lovers are increasing. we develop renewable fuels -- our cattle numbers are increasing. state university and the advances we have seen it agriculture, i think iowa is going to be a key leader. we have record enrollment at iowa state university. a lot of great jobs coming out of it. >> what about renewable energy? in renewableader energy. we are proud of that. i have been proud -- a proud supporter of ethanol. now we produce more renewable fuel in iowa. we have 42 ethanol plants. 12 biodiesel plants. we have two plants under construction. we have dupont pioneer that is looking for something called biobutanol, the next phase in terms of renewables. i think that we've made a big difference in reducing our dependency on foreign oil and making america more competitive. we are very excited about the future. we are very concerned about what

secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agriculture adjustment act which was the first time farmers were asked not to produce. they kept producing and kept producing and so prices were going down, down. so they needed to do things in the marketplace that would -- there would be a need for the product. at first people could not believe the things he was proposing regarding that but as prices went up they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of agriculture. he led farmers through the horrible time when they did not know where to turn next. they did not have any money. their farms were being lost because of pricing being so low. he was a hero as u.s. secretary of agriculture. in 1940, president roosevelt asked henry a. wallace to be his vice president. so henry a. wallace agreed at that time in convention they had to vote on who was going to be the presidential candidate and who was going to be the vice presidential candidate. he was on the ticket in 1940 and he won as a team and in 1941 he took the oath of office as u.s. vice president. hen

use and keep it in agricultural use and open to the members of the public as educational or outreach space as a community garden or food distribution that will be only as a permit use or approval for the conditional use permit and finally the agricultural commissioner can approve this contract if it didn't have a tack loss of $25,000 or one hundred and 25 over the 5 year contract or combined tax use of more than $250,000 per year we have to have adequate oversight while the city may los lose a minor amount of tax revenues revenues the balance is much greater the positives of urban farming helps to improve our environment and teaches important values like st. patrick and provides greater arithmetic's health for the residents. i want to mention supervisor cohen's district there are a you, you accompany on 19 and (reading.) as well as the bee garden on the visitacion valley run by sf b cause. and we know there are many folks in the southeast neighborhoods interested in this i want to mention we've heard from sacramento, berkley oakland and los angeles and santa cruz that are following t

secretary of agriculture which from 1933 eight years to 1941. n 1941 to 1945, he was roosevelt's vice president. and he was founder of pioneer hybrid international, which is dupont pioneer. he was a progressive party in idate for the presidency 1948. and throughout his life, he was humanitarian.d the wallaces of iowa consist of wallaces.rations of the patriarch was known as fondly as uncle henry. and he worked in winterset, iowa about 18 miles east of this farm. the founder of wallace's farmer magazine. rural was champion for america. and his son, henry c. whales was secretary of agriculture woodrow wilson 1921 to 1924. died in years, he office. henry c.'s son was born on this 1988.in i told you about henry a. wallace. significant. he lived here until he was 4 years old. claim him. but all three generations were concerned about rural prosperity and how they could help people better understand farming and it was important that people were close to the soil. was taking a ce ark in the park in des moines and western union came up with a telegram an

secretary of agriculture under wilson and his son was born on this form and went on to become editor of the magazine then after serving as u.s. secretary of agriculture through 1941 and then 1941 through 45 he was the vice president of roosevelt and u.s. secretary of agriculture known for the adjustment act with the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. of first people could not

secretary of agriculture, which years.for eight president.evelt vice he is known for the agricultural adjustment act, the first time farmers were asked not to produce. at first, people could not believe the things he was proposing. as prices went up, they started to listen to him and people refer to him as the genius secretary of agriculture. >> export a history of dimon, iweb -- des moines, iowa. >> now you can keep in touch with current events using any phone, anytime, with c-span radio on audio now. every weekday, listen to a recap of the days events at 5:00 eastern. you can also hear audio of the public affairs programs beginning at noon on sundays. >> a lot of soldiers had been away from their homes for about three or four years. there were letters home saying the farm is falling to pieces. when are you going to come home? a large problem with desertion at this time. was their heartstrings were being pulled by their families needing them back home. what league imposed was a strict -- what league imposed was a strict set of orders that deserters would be shot and the punishment --

place on agricultural land. that would -- we feel they are already exempt but the need to clarify specifically what kinds of practices are exempt re what we're trying to do. we've heard from farmers that we're getting too specific and what if they did it in a slightly different way would that then not cover it. that's the kind of thing that we normally would hear and try to fix. >> because the concern i have which many of my constituents do honestly i think american people not specifically to the epa but the federal government in general that once they have jurisdiction that the rules suddenly change. think think you're seeing that in health care. i'm a health care provider as a heart surgeon where coming here. once jurisdiction at the federal level basking that away is nearly impossible and secondly the concern is that the rules will change including skemgtexes for agriculture for anything else. that's my concern. i do have some specific questions about farming. i appreciate your response. these are concerns fr

continuous use of the land has led to subsistence agriculture. and generation by generation, this has further degraded the soils. the vital question we have to ask is, can this destructive process be reversed? [indistinct announcements] 15 years ago, chinese and international experts were confident it could be. they decided that to prevent further erosion, it was necessary to cease farming on certain key areas to allow the trees and shrubs to grow back. but this could not happen without the consent of the farmers themselves. >> [speaking in chinese] >> they took some persuading. what eventually convinced the local people was the assurance that they would have tenure of their land, that they would directly benefit from the effort they invested in the new project. >> [speaking in chinese] the goal was to give a hat to the hilltops, give a belt to the hills, as well as shoes at the base. the hat meant that the top of these hills had to be replanted with trees. the belt meant that terraces had to be built to be used for crop planting, and also for tr

agriculture under woodrow wilson.nd his son was born on this editor 1888 and he was of the magazine. he was asked by franco roosevelt to serve as u.s. secretary of agriculture which he did a 48 r eight years.o as the u.s. secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agricultural and adjustment act which was the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. believe, people cannot the things he was proposing regarding that. then as prices went up, they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today ofthe genius secretary agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of des moines next weekend on book tv. >> 40 years ago, the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. throughout this month and early august, american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. this weekend, hear the supreme court oral argument -- united states v nixon as the watergate special prosecutor contest the president's executive privilege. >> the president may be r

of anis the underpinning entire agricultural system. when you pull out that underpinning, you see the collapse of an entire agricultural system. >> i think we are at the tipping point. we are one or two years away from disaster. >> evidence has grown that a new class of pesticides called charles annenberg weingarten -- be -- despiteay warning that they may be toxic to bees. this is used on nearly all american crops, including corn. the epa says there is no evidence that it is improperly used, but environmentalists disagree. but the government slowed to act, bees continue to die. >> one of every three is directly dependent on the honey bee. >> that includes a crops like apples, cherries, cucumbers, pockets. thatlso includes hay crops support the dairy and meat industries. pollination is essential to local economies. california's, an industry is an example. >> almonds are a cash crop. we export them abroad. they rely on honeybee is to produce that not to each year. it is in over $3 billion a year business. without bees, the allman process

agriculture, and it was the first time farmers were asked not to produce. at first, people could not believe the things he was proposing regarding that. prices went up, they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of des moines, iowa throughout the weekend on c-span two's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span three. 40 years ago this july, the supreme court considered whether president nixon could claim executive privilege over his oval office recordings. tapes sought by the watergate special prosecutor. nixon wastates versus argued on july 8, 1974 and july did -- decided on july 24. hear the, we will three-hour oral argument from the court chamber. case, we talk about the with evan davis. he served as watergate and cover-up task force later on the house judiciary committee's impeachment inquiry staff. this conversation is about 10 minutes. >> joining us is evan davis as keyook back 40 years at a u.s. supreme court ruling

secretary of agriculture which he did for eight years from 1933 until 1941. was the vice45, he president. u.s. secretary of agriculture, he was known for his adjustment act which was the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. at first, people could not believe the things he was proposing regarding that, but then as prices went up, they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of des moines, n 3., next weekend on cspa you can keep in touch with current events from the nation's capital using any phone any time with c-span radio on audio now. to hearall congressional coverage, and today's washington journal program. every weekday, listen to a recap of today's events at 5 p.m. eastern on washington today. public hear audio of the affairs programs beginning sundays at noon eastern. c-span radio on audio now. -626-8888. historians and park officials discuss the development of washington, d.c.'s civil war forts, their role, and how they have been preserved.

something happened with the agricultural insurance. we need science for finding our way out of this tremendous mass that we are creating on this beautiful planet. in fact, i would love to have many more millions of small family farmers again. .. >> i think that we should look to them and engage with them and know that there really is hope for the future with them. >> thank you very much, because i teach -- [inaudible] in fact, i was teaching last year at college, and i loved the students. and they are really our future. and i told them, i said, people like me and my age, we have let you down. so you really need to rethink about what your participants and grand -- parents and grandparents and us have done. and i spent a whole semester talking about concerns, and i'm hopeful that colleges and universities will pretty much side on the right side of history and try to improve not just their own welfare and well being, but the rest of us, you know? the young people, they actually find it easier to think about the public good rather than pri

want to comment for tom woody allen deli rolls that tom walling dell after the aids walk this agricultural zoning in the city i think we should consider also that medical marijuana can be grown in the nation where medical marijuana start we're the last 17 years of the aids crisis i think the staff of san francisco so start growing its own for the patients this is i hope this agricultural don includes the patients as well we set the world on fire and showed what the medical marijuana could do for the board of supervisors. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment on item two. >> (inaudible). >> you spoke on this is there any further public comment on item two any public comment on that item? >> i have two comments on page 4 lines 4 and 5 the eligible property is a private owned parcel i want to strike the word parcel and it says privately owned property and page 8 line 24 to the list of departments that are allowed contemplations to insert the department of public health for the planning and agricultural commission as well as the state board of equation and if we could move those

not only is it supposed to regulate the industry of agriculture but also promotes the industry of agriculture. when i came to this country in 1961 there were -- and today they are less than 1%. most of the food that we have the industrial food that we eat comes out of the mega-farmers and factories. there has been a tremendous change in agriculture in the united states. something that in the 20 century there was a 60% decline of -- from the farmers 98 decline of black farmers in this country. you go to the central valley and see farms 4000, 5000 acres in size. i saw some pictures. how can you deal with 4000 acres? you can deal with this is a family farmer. you have to have chemicals in office. everything changes. the community changes completely. two towns i went to 20,000 people per town and most of the people are nonfarmers. mexicans do this very difficult and dangerous work so 90% of the population is nonamerican. i'm not against them. i am not against people trying to make a living but what i am saying is agriculture is changed and industrialized rural america. it's brought the city into

as you secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agricultural adjustment act, which was the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. at first people couldn't believe the things that he was proposing regarding that, but then as prices went up they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the geniuses secretary of agriculture. agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of des moines, iowa, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv, and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. >> yesterday, president obama visited a research center in mclean, virginia, and talked about transportation spending, calling on congress to fix the shortfall in the highway trust fund. the president is introduced by transportation secretary anthony foxx. this is 20 minutes. >> hello, everyone. how is everyone doing but it's just another day in the office, right? i'm excited to be here today, especially given who i am here with, president obama is with us here today. pretty exciting, right? [applause] the president gave an interview a few weeks ago,

people think it is, you know, agriculture like it the 1950's.ay, it is a much more sophisticated situation and it is not joust agriculture. it is all of these other things for it.have going it is the company's facebook and google.t and it is insurance and financial services but it is also what adding to agriculture so today we're not just shipping beans.d soy it is biofuels, it is pharmaceuticals, as well as food and feed to feed and provide for a hungry world. >> what role has iowa played in developing agriculture industry here? the heart of agriculture. iowa is the leading state, theing leading soy bean producing state. we're the leading egg-producing state. arecattle numbers increasing. we have developed new products ethanol, bio-diesel, we're the leader in wind energy. advances we've seen in agriculture, i think iowa is going to continue to be leader. we have record enrollment at and recorduniversity enrollment in agriculture. energy?about renewable >> i was a leader of renewable energy. i've been a strong supporter of ethanol back when we c

secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agricultural adjustment act, which was the first time that farmers are asked not to produce. could notpeople believe the things he was proposing regarding that, but up, theyrices went started to listen to him. people still refer to him today secretary of agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of des moines, iowa, next weekend on c-span2's "booktv" an american history tv on c-span3. dedicatedsed and so not to be made fuzzy i am thinking and stupid labels. thatld remind you extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. let me remind you, also, that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. [applause] >> senator goldwater's acceptance speech at the 1964 republican national convention, this weekend on american history tv's each week, american history tv's series marks the 150th anniversary of the conflict by bringing you lectures, discussions, and battlefield visits. 150 years ago in july of 1864, a confederate army of about 12,000 under the com

secretary of agriculture, he is known for the agricultural adjustment act, which was the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. they kept producing and kept producing and so prices were going down. they needed to do things in the marketplace that would -- that would be a need for the product. at first, people couldn't believe that the things that he was proposing regarding that. then as prices went up, they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of agriculture. he led farmers through that horrible time when some of them didn't know where to turn next. they didn't have any money. their farms were being lost and prices because of pricing being so low. he was hero as u.s. secretary agriculture. in 1940 president roosevelt asked henry a. wallace to be his vice president. so henry a. wallace agreed at that time in conventions, they had to vote on who was going to be the presidential candidate and who was going to be the vice presidential candidate. he was on the ticket in 1940 and they won as a team and in 1941 he took the oath of office

he's known for the agriculture adjustment act. which was the first time that farmers were asked not to produce. at first, people couldn't believe the things that he was proposing regarding that, but then as prices went up they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of as the genius secretary of agriculture. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] 150 years ago in july of 1864, a confederate army of about 12,000 under the command of general early nearly invad

but typical story for millions of romanians so heavily depend on agriculture different types of crops and farms are seen everywhere across this fertile land nearly half of the country's population works in farming but despite this it produces less than ten percent off the g.d.p. due to the poor conditions most of the farmers are in more over nearly a quarter of all romanians works in agriculture just to survive so modernizing this industry should really be one of the top priorities for the government romania was among the e.u. states hit strongest by the global economic crisis and is still recovering well a proper overhaul of the agriculture sector would need big investment that something state currently doesn't have instead foreigners were allowed to enter the market which may not be working out exactly as planned. only ten percent of lands owned by foreigners seized agriculture for example in the west of the country millions of acres of boys are just to sell later it's a high price. so why is it more profitable to speculate with land rather than use it for production some foreign in

but typical story for millions of romanians so heavily depend on agriculture different types of crops and farms are seen everywhere across this for thailand nearly half of the country's population works in farming but despite this it produces less than ten percent off the g.d.p. due to the poor conditions most of the farmers are in more over nearly a quarter of all romanians works in agriculture just to survive so modernizing this industry should really be one of the top priorities for the government romania was among the e.u. states hit strongest by the global economic crisis and is still recovering well a proper overhaul of the agriculture sector would need big investment that's something the state currently doesn't have instead foreigners were allowed to enter the market which may not be working out exactly as planned. only ten percent of lands owned by foreigners seized for agriculture for example in the west of the country millions of acres of bores are just to sell later it's a high price. so why is it more profitable to spread noise with land rather than use it for production s

secretary of agriculture he is known for the agricultural adjustment act which was the first time farmers were asked not to produce. at first people couldn't believe the things he was proposing regarding that, but then as prices went up, they started to listen to him and people still refer to him today as the genius of secretary of agriculture. >> explore the history and literary life of the morning iowa saturday on c-span2 book tv and the sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span three. >> the president asked for $3.7 billion of funding to handle an influx of thousands of miners arising from central america without their appearance. we talked about the issue with california congressman jeff denham. this is 45 minutes. >> fusco the first guest representative republican of california and attended district serves on the agriculture veteran affairs committee. good morning. could you give your own personal take being from the part of the country you are when it comes to immigration and parlay that into what is going on when it comes to the border? >> guest: california is one o

place on agricultural land. so that would -- we feel they're already exempt, but the need to clarify specifically which kinds of practices are exemption are what we're trying to do. we heard from farmers that we're getting too specific, and what if they did it in a slightly different way, would that then not cover? so that's the kind of thing that we normally would hear and try to fix. >> the concern i have, which is many of my constituents do and honestly i think the american people, not specific to the epa but the federal government in general, once the federal government has jurisdiction then once -- then the rules suddenly change, and i think you're seeing that in health care. i'm a health care provider, i was a heart surgeon before coming here. once jurisdiction has been established at the federal level backing that away is, first of all, nearly impossible and second of all, the concern is the rules will change including exemptions. i do have a couple specific questions about farming, and i appreciate your

i remind you 80% of water for human use goes no the agriculture sector. only 20% goes to industrial users. if we really cut back irrigation water deliveries to the agriculture sector, what we're going to see yields are going to go down. farmers are going to, in some cases abandon certain investments and perennials such as almonds, for example, and what that is in basic economic terms it shifts in the curves. there are certain commodities where prices may stop. if livestock holders cull their herds, prices may drop in the short run but in the long run this is not good news for the consumers. this will lead to rising prices not just in california but nationwide since california produces so much of these commodities. >> professor of agriculture and economics at the university of berkeley. professor, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having yes. >> you're welcome. >>> vying for the honor of hosting the olympic games. other cities are saying thanks but no thanks. >>> and how the funding crisis could put th the brakes on roads all over america in ju

the organic foods which we want the most tested foods in the history of agriculture to be tested and tested and retested in face of all the scientific evidence plus based on the current evidence that we have we cannot say that g.m.o. is a bad for you but will things change twenty years from now you know all next on larry king now. this is part two of a special larry king now looking at g.m.o. as our panel remaining food votes wins are curtis stone the noted chef marilu henner of the no that person off the professor bob goldberg the national academy of science professor at u.c.l.a. and john salley the alone advocate t.v. host and n.b.a. champion i understand that you got goldberg as a film we want to show short sure let's look at a jamel notice that on your left there is a worm that's eating that plant and getting big and juicy and fat and you can see it crawling around and destroying that plant magine you're in a field in africa someplace and those caterpillars are worms infecting infestation your crop noticed the one on the right that happens to be a j m o a genetically engineered p