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Elissa Slotkin: “We should always be able to feed ourselves by ourselves.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin joins James Beard in Detroit to talk about helping farmers and restaurants

Published | Video Starts at 04:29

The only. The only thing I will say is that because I have a national security background, I really come at this as food security is national security, that We should always be able to feed ourselves by ourselves. I had my, like, come to Jesus on this during COVID when suddenly our supply chains were disrupted in a major ways. (04:29–04:33)

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Asserts that the U.S. should maintain the capability to be self-sufficient in food production.

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