Forbid the Sale of American Farms to Foreign Investors.

In 2013, an estimated 25.7 million acres of U.S. agricultural land was owned by foreign individuals and entities, an increase of nearly 1.5 million acres as compared to 2010. This figure is forecast to increase dramatically. What is clear is that foreign investors and so-called sovereign trusts funds – government-owned investors – see the great value in farmland and are seeking to buy farmland across the globe.
We need to forbid the sale of our resources and protect our food supply. This should be considered a matter of homeland security. We can look to history in both Ireland and Italy to learn how famine plays out when arable land around you is owned by others. More recent accounts of the effect of these purchases are equally as sour, as news from New Zealand for example, offers us.