I think it would be a serious mistake on the part of any business leader in the food and agriculture industry to assume that this is a one-off situation that we get through it and we're done with it.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.

Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.

I'm Ian Bremar, and today I'm talking about food, meat shortages, and supply chain disruptions,

and increasing food insecurity. Both will leave millions hungry.

I'll explain what effect the pandemic is having and then take a closer look with a man who has

some key perspectives. Tom Vilsack is a former

governor, former secretary of agriculture, and also serves on the board of directors of

feeding America. Let's begin.

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Former Governor of Iowa and former Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack.

Very good to be with you, sir.

Good to be with you.

So, of course, the big topic I want to get into is the disruptions around our nation's food supply.

I mean, I remember at the beginning of this crisis, panic buying in grocery stores, even toilet paper, God forbid. But then it left the headlines.

Now it's back. And we're hearing all sorts of problems with getting the food to where it needs to go.

Why are we talking about this right now?

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