The U.S. Food System in the Cold War

After sputnick, when the united states was trying to understand why it was falling behind in the space race, many of the commentators said, we're not funding basic research. So after nineteen fifty seven, the budgets for research increase dramatically on the theory that this is how the united states would win the cold war by doing the best science. This wasn't just about feeding a growing u. S. Population. This had a political thrust, meant to show the soviet union and the rest of the world just how mighty the u.S was....