While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile.

I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.

I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.

It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it.