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GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM

GLOBALI
IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL
Opportunities and
challenges abound in a
global food system.
A nice rain on Brazil's soybean crop
could help lower costs for raising
pigs in America.
Globalization of the food system is happening, and its effects are
largely irreversible. According to
Mapping the Global Future, a report
of the National Intelligence Council's
2020 Project, globalization will continue to move forward and will likely
become less Westernized, but the
United States will remain the single
most powerful player economically
and technologically.
With the increase of international food and agricultural trade
($674 billion in 2003, up from $544
billion in 1999, according to the
World Trade Organization), it is impossible to ignore that what the U.S.
food industry produces and how it is
produced affects more people than
ever before. But it is a reciprocal
relationship, with international food
systems influencing the United
States, as well.
Although the United States is
becoming increasingly dependent on
a host of other countries, the country

it is most reliant on is itself, says
Jerome Siebert, director of the International Food and Agribusiness
Management Association. Other
countries' food systems try to match
and achieve our quality and standards, he continues.
"The U.S. is respected for consistency, quality and safety systems, and
taste," says Lynn Heinz, vice president
of information for the U.S. Meat Export Federation. "The U.S. has set the
standard for safety."
All countries participate in the
global food system in some way, says
Patrick Westhoff, program director
of international affairs for the Food
and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. Some countries try to isolate
themselves, thus missing out on opportunity, but they participate none
the less. "Even North Korea accepts
food aid," he says.

Trade and opportunity
Trade is the greatest evidence of a
global animal-protein food system,
Siebert says. Although free trade
benefits everyone, it also leads to an
increase in competition, which creates losers and winners.
In a global food system, producers, processors and retailers must
form alliances to maintain a presence,
Siebert continues. "Integrate upward

and work with all parts of the food
system."
For farmers, a global food
system means more dollars in their
pockets, Heinz says. Producers have
more opportunities with a global
food system. There is a broader market for their products, which can lead
to better and different products and
increased prices. But to compete in
the global market requires a change
in orientation, Heinz says. "Producers
are used to producing for the U.S.
market. What does the customer
want? Different cuts, presentation,
packaging, labeling. We tend not to
be customer-minded. We have
adapted very well at the packer level.
At the producer level, however, very
few follow thinking on export level."
Producers must watch global
market prices and how they affect
domestic prices. Even the weather in
other countries affects farmers here,
as does disease and foreign policy,
Westhoff says. "Farmers need to be
aware of trends - here and there.
Be prepared for changes and stay up
with international news."
A global food system also opens
doors for processors to find the leastcost area to produce a reliable product, Siebert says.
"There is a profit in the trade
system," Heinz says. "Processors and



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