This chapter explores Cargill's initiatives to ensure food security by providing affordable, safe, and nutritious food worldwide. It highlights the risks of countries striving for self-sufficiency in crops and emphasizes the need for a global, interdependent approach to food security.
Greg Page, former CEO of Cargill, the largest privately-held company in America, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the global food supply and the challenges of running a company with employees and activity all over the world. Page talks about the role of prices in global food markets in signaling information and prompting changes in response to those signals. Other topics include government's role in agriculture, the locavore movement and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).