Letter: Federal government should use unused land to help feed world

Published: Wednesday, April 25 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

Atlanta Falcons head NFL football coach Mike Smith serves food at Hosea Feed the Hungry and the Homeless on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Smith's Thanksgiving was an event-filled day that included practice, some community service and family time.

Erik S. Lesser, Associated Press

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The federal government has fabulous amounts of unused land. Why not let legitimate charities use the land to dry farm and create food?

The federal government has fabulous amounts of unused land. Why not let legitimate charities use the land to dry farm and create food? The food must be used to feed foreign recipients.

Such a wonderful benefit to feed the starving in the world. The land would still be in the control of the government for other uses if needed. Food going to a foreign country would not be in competition with farmers or anyone else.

Ralph F. Clarke

Salt Lake City

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Lagomorph

Salt Lake City, UT

If you look at a land status map of Utah you will notice that the vast majority of private land is in the alluvial valleys with good soil and perennial water; the agriculturally productive land is predominantly private. The federal land is rock and More..

1:00 p.m. April 25, 2012
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RedShirt

USS Enterprise, UT

To "Ralph F. Clarke" what land are you talking about? Forest land owned by the Federal Government is used for the production of Beef and lamb, and the occasional goat herd. What types of crops do you expect to grow in the west desert?

11:58 a.m. April 25, 2012
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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

"The food must be used to feed foreign recipients."

Why? The taxpayers of our country are already paying enough in foreign aid.

6:01 a.m. April 25, 2012
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