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The head of the World Food Program believes that 2021 could see “famines of biblical proportions” as the economic struggles of COVID-19 may hamper global responses to food shortages caused by military conflicts, the rise of Islamic extremism and locust infestations.  In an interview late last year with The Christian Post during a visit to Washington, D.C., WFP Executive Director David Beasley, a former Republican governor of South Carolina, expressed concern for the funding problems that could be in store for 2021. Despite receiving historic levels of funding and leading the food-ass...

World Food Programme Executive Director David M. Beasley (middle) and U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom visit South Sudan on July 23, 2019. | WFP/Giulio d'Adamo The head of the World Food Program believes that 2021 could see “famines of biblical proportions” as the economic struggles of COVID-19 may hamper global responses to food shortages caused by military conflicts, the rise of Islamic extremism and locust infestations.  In an interview late last year with The Christian Post during a visit to Washington, D.C., WFP Executive Director David Beasley, a former Republican governor of South Carolin...

Farmers, and we are getting rid of it. [ applause ] now if you don't like your family, it won't matter. but for those that love your family, it matters a lot. with us today is kip tom, a family farmer from leesburg. where is kip? hi, kip. who fears that his family's farming heritage -- it's been a long time, how long? 187 years. >> 187 years, that's peanuts, kip. wow, that's a long time. but that great heritage could come to an end because of the death tax or the estate tax. and could make it impossible for him to pass that legacy to his wonderful family. we are not going to let that

Farmers and we're getting rid of it. [ applause ] now if you don't like your family, it won't matter. for those that love your family, it matters a lot. with us today is kip tom, a family farmer from leesburg. where is kip? hi, kip. [ applause ] who fears that his family's farming heritage, it's been a long time. how long? 187 years. it's peanuts, okay? wow. that's a long time. but that great heritage could come to an end because of the death tax or estate tax and could make it impossible for him to pass that legacy to his wonderful family. we're not going to let that happen.