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Eva M. Clayton: “I am reminded that a Nation that cannot feed itself, indeed, cannot secure its food, cannot secure its population. In…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2001
I am reminded that a Nation that cannot feed itself, indeed, cannot secure its food, cannot secure its population. In his book The Third Freedom, former Senator and the 1972 nominee for President candidate was George McGovern. He reflects on the shame he felt watching a 1968 CBS documentary, Hunger in the USA. Senator McGovern remembers a young hungry boy silently watching as his classmate ate his lunch. When the reporter asked the boy what he was thinking as he stood and watched his classmate eat, the boy replied, ``I am ashamed.'' He said, ``I am ashamed, because I ain't got no money.'' Senator McGovern writes that he was ashamed. He, the powerful Senator who was in authority to do much, he was ashamed. He said, ``I felt ashamed, because I had not known more about hunger in my own land.…
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Eva M. Clayton
North Carolina
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Discussing food security and hunger in America during the debate on the Farm Security Act of 2001.

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