Agro Commodities & Agricultural Produts

Question by Oja: What do you think about Executive Order 10998? See details?
SECTION 1. Scope. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the Secretary) shall prepare national emergency plans and develop preparedness programs covering: Food resources, farm equipment, fertilizer, and food resource facilities, as defined below; rural fire control; defense against biological warfare, chemical warfare, and radiological fallout pertaining to agricultural activities; and rural defense information and education. These plans and programs shall be designed to develop a state of readiness in these areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States.

As used in this order:
(a) “Food resources” means all commodities and products, simple, mixed or compound, or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being eaten or drunk, by either human beings or animals’ irrespective of other uses to which such commodities or products may be. put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodit

Best answer:

Answer by thegubmint
Since you seem to be questioning it, does that mean you don’t want the Government to plan for contingencies in case of dire emergencies? That order was executed by JFK at the height of the cold war, when it was thought a nuclear war had a high likelihood of happening. Why wouldn’t the government plan for such eventualities?

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!