Episode 395: The Future Global Food Supply Crisis
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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What impact will the war in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia have on our global food supply? We are seeing the price of oil impact both consumers at the gas pump, and industries reliant on gas to transport goods and services. Newt’s guest is Ambassador Kip Tom. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome under President Trump. He’s a seventh generation Hoosier farmer, from Kosciusko County, Indiana and the current CEO of Tom Farms.
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| 0:35.7 | On this episode of Newt's World, the Russian aggression against Ukraine is having an impact on global |
| 0:41.2 | economies. We're seeing the price of oil impact both consumers of the gas pump and industries |
| 0:47.0 | rely on gas to transport goods and services. In addition, Russia is the world's largest |
| 0:52.5 | exporter of wheat, accounting for more than 18% of international exports. And in 2019, |
| 0:59.2 | Russia and Ukraine together exported more than a quarter of the world's wheat according to |
| 1:05.7 | the observatory of economic complexity. So what impact will warn Ukraine and the sanctions on |
| 1:11.6 | Russia have on our global food supply? Joining me to discuss this important topic, I'm really |
| 1:18.4 | pleased to welcome my good friend and guest and I might mention fellow ambassador with |
| 1:23.9 | Callista and Rome, ambassador Kip Tom. Kip served as the ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1:30.3 | agencies for food and agriculture in Rome under President Trump. He's a seventh generation |
| 1:36.3 | who's your farmer from Cuscusco County, Indiana and the current CEO of Tom Farms. |
| 1:52.2 | Thank you for joining me. As you know, we've had remarkable times together in Rome chatting about |
| 1:58.3 | ideas and so you're one of the people I turned to immediately when this whole issue came up. |
| 2:03.4 | But I think people like to know a little bit about the history and your family farm is a pretty |
| 2:08.3 | serious business. How did the Tom Farms get its start? Your family must have been among the very |
| 2:14.4 | first to go into Indiana if you're the seventh generation. We were probably one of the early ones. |
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