Freeman
Subtitle: the agriculture years : 1961-1969
By: Rodney E. Leonard
Publisher: Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780974075020
Subjects: Cabinet officers; Biography
Description: Biography of former Minnesota governor Orville L. Freeman, during his years as secretary of agriculture. --
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Awakening; title: Taking over; title: Inventing American food policy; title: Supply management; title: President Kennedy is dead: a first-hand account; title: Protecting the consumer; title: Defending the land; title: The prospect of famine; title: Confronting famine and saving democracy; title: The political challenge of preempting famine; title: Toward global food policy; title: Conclusion.