Photograph courtesy of Rebekah Vigil.
John Piotti, President of美国农田信托, will be speaking at the Inaugural Seattle Food Tank Summit, titled “不断发展的食品政策,” which will be held in partnership with the Environmental Working Group, Food Action, Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB), the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Seattle University’s Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability on March 17, 2018.
作为美国农田基金会总裁,皮奥蒂(Piotti)带来了20多年的管理,公共政策经验以及对拯救美国农场和牧场土地的强烈热情。Prior to joining American Farmland Trust, Piotti served as President and CEO of缅因州Farmland Trust在过去的10年中。直到2006年,Piotti管理了所有农场计划Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), Maine’s premier community development organization. He has also served as chair of theNortheast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG).
从2002年到2010年,他在缅因州立法机关任职,代表八个农村社区,担任众议院多数党领袖,税务委员会主席和农业,保护和林业委员会主席。作为立法者,皮奥蒂(Piotti)以无党派的问题解决方案的身份享有声誉,领导了稳定缅因州乳制品行业的成功努力,并提供了新的国家资金来保护工作滨水区和保护自然土地。
Piotti持有麻省理工学院的三个学位在工程,公共政策和管理方面以及2013年,被命名one of the 50 people who have done the most for Maine.
w88优德老虎机平台食品坦克有机会与约翰谈论他的工作,灵感以及关于食品和农业政策的想法。
Food Tank: What originally inspired you to get involved in your work?
John Piotti:三十年前,我发现自己与一个当地的奶农共同主持了一个在一个小镇的计划委员会,他挑战我考虑了农业的意思以及这对我们的社区意味着什么。他成为了几位导师中的第一位,他们将我从相对不知道农业的意识到,以为耕作是我们的未来,任何可持续的未来都取决于可持续的农业。
FT:您如何帮助建立更好的食品系统?
J.P:The organization that I run, American Farmland Trust (AFT), has been a powerful force behind conservation agriculture for almost 40 years. AFT is the only national farm organization that takes a truly holistic approach to agriculture, recognizing the powerful connections between the land, good farming practices, and the farmers and ranchers who do the work.
FT: What’s the most pressing issue in food and agriculture that you’d like to see solved?
J.P:我看到了三个相互关联的问题:1)我们最好的农田损失了发展,2)需要在更多的农民中推进更智能的保护做法,以及3)需要吸引和协助下一代农民的需求。这三个问题是互连的,因为如果我们有农民来管家,我们只会拯救我们的土地并重建土壤。
FT: What innovations in food and agriculture are you most excited about?
J.P:随着我们更多地了解土壤科学并通过创新的耕作实践进行了更多实验,我们正在学习如何以同时帮助农民和改善环境的方式重建土壤健康。自工业革命黎明以来,由于农业做法不佳,大约已经释放到我们气氛的所有碳中的一半来自土壤。通过遵循更聪明的耕作方式,我们可以将碳放回土壤中。
FT:每个人在日常生活中都能做出很大的改变是什么小变化?
J.P:I don’t think there are small changes that can make a big difference. I’d suggest that people try to make big changes in their lives to try to make a big difference. If you tackle each
of the following with energy, that would be big help 1) eat more responsibly, 2) raise more of your own food, 3) give your time and money to organizations doing work you can’t do
独自一人,4)要求您的城市或城镇制定保护农田和支持农民的政策,以及5)为在全州和国家办公室工作的候选人工作,他们将食品和农场问题放在首位。
FT:我们如何使粮食政策与徒步旅行者更加相关,以使代表他们的政治家感到行动的授权?
J.P:I do think that a lot of it comes down to eaters and voters taking a deeper dive into food and farm issues. I’ve been impressed by the growing public awareness of these issues over the last 10 years, but a lot of that interest is still superficial. With such a small percentage of the population farming, our elected officials will never get agricultural policy right unless a他们的大量非农场成分获得了足够的耕种知识,要求采取正确的行动。
FT:随着2018年农业法案谈判的开始,您希望看到哪些政策领域或想法的关注点?
J.P:我希望在2018年农场法案中看到许多政策变化,但希望它们是不现实的。我现实的希望是,保护头衔将得到充分的资金,保留了过去二十年来创建的一些创新和成功的计划,以使更多的农民有可能做土地正确的事情。
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