INTERVIEW-Future food, fuel conflict can be avoided-USDA sec

Reuters
12.15.09, 12:14 PM EST

COPENHAGEN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - An increasing shift away from fossil fuels such as gasoline to alternatives derived from plants and waste need not produce an increase in food prices, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters.

Speaking on the sidelines of a U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, Vilsack added he expected the U.S. Department of Agriculture to run a farm carbon offsetting scheme under a prospective U.S. climate law.

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