Stallman, continued
spring 2015 and will celebrate
precision farming, traceability,
environmental practices, irrigation,
biotechnology and hybrid seeds.
employed science and technology
to dramatically increase production
Agriculture has played a
and choice while lowering prices,
but these changes have also altered vital role in the development of
America’s business sector, from
the experience of farmers and the
innovation and enterprise to the
public in unexpected ways.
entrepreneurial spirit that has
No longer are we just producing always been a major focus of
America’s farms and ranches.
food for our families; each farmer
now feeds 155 people. We are
Not only is Farm Bureau
using innovative methods to
partnering with the Smithsonian
meet the future global demand
on this exciting venture, the first
of feeding 9 billion people and
donation to the exhibit came from
we are finding breakthroughs in
Tennessee Farm Bureau member
cancer research and eradicating
and dairy farmer Pat Campbell.
other diseases through the
Campbell gave the museum
groundbreaking uses of food we
a selection of photographs, a
produce.
computer cow tag and a reader unit
to show the change in dairying
Entrepreneurial Spirit
from a hand-labor intensive
process to a modern computer-run
Recognizing U.S. agriculture’s
operation. The donation will also
role in the business sector,
include his personal recollections
the Smithsonian’s National
about how changing technology
Museum of American History is
has altered his work life and has
partnering with farmers, ranchers
led to greater efficiency and safety.
and American agri-business to
build a collection that reflects
The Smithsonian exhibit will
modern agricultural practices.
showcase to the public what
The initiative, called “American
farmers and ranchers have known
Enterprise,” will be unveiled in
for a long time: innovation and
technology makes agriculture a
leading business opportunity; we
are an industry where failing big
isn’t bad (at