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Protests interrupt start of World Food Prize week
Oct 16, 2017, 15:43 PM
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Protestors interrupted the beginning of a World Food Prize panel discussion featuring five former USDA Ag Secretaries Monday morning.
Anti-GMO chants broke out inside the downtown Des Moines Marriott Ballroom as Tom Vilsack began his moderating duties for a program on food insecurity.
Dan Glickman, USDA ag secretary from 1995 to 2001, told reporters afterwards people care deeply about their food.
“The protesters today were fine, it’s the American thing to do.
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