US Ambassador Kip Tom; the farmer that went to Rome to represent his country

Ambassador Kip Tom was a major farmer in Indiana prior to being tapped by the Trump administration to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and the United States Ambassador to the Rome-based United Nations agencies. Vance Crowe and Kip Tom talk about the diplomatic corp, the challenges of giving food aid that might be stolen by warlords and the ideology of Argroecology being pushed around the world by the EU. Ambassador Tom talks about the future of places like Sudan and the role the US farmer plays in shaping the future of trade policy. 0:00 Start 6:21 How american diplomacy world works? 11:01 Life in the diplomatic world 14:22 Relationship between EU and US 21:12 How important is farming for the society 25:25 From a farmer to ambassador 27:23 What is Agroecology 31:03 Are farmers unable to work ? 37:15 The problem of food donations distribution 41:30 The concept of a political will 44:07 Is china in the world food programme? 50:56 Farming trend of Quality over quantity 54:18 How to achieve peace and security worldwide? Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experien