While my days are filled enjoying our Best of Europe in 21 Days tour, I’ve spent a couple nights writing this op-ed piece in my hotel room. I’m glad I was in Europe while I wrote this article because being away from home makes it clear to me: While we are a compassionate society, we can be oblivious to the consequences that some of our choices have on struggling people. When we travel, we see how relatively small, wonkish changes in U.S. policy can have serious consequences for struggling people outside our borders. I thought you might find this opinion piece interesting–and maybe you can even share it with your friends and let your legislator know your thoughts on this topic.
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Howard G. Buffet speaks to this in his book 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World. He recommends the amount of required USA shipping be as low as 25%. The book is a good read for that and many reasons. Although I think organic food is more important than he does. He gives his reasons. Thank you, Steve, for speaking out about this.