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Support Conservation Funding in the Farm Bill!
Target: U.S. Senate, U.S. CongressSponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
The Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill in December, 2007, providing some important conservation funding increases.
The House and Senate now must reconcile the differences between the two versions of the bill and produce a final bill for the president to sign. It's critical for Congress to produce a final bill that includes $5.1 billion in additional conservation program funding - the level provided in the Senate bill - and makes some reasonable reforms to farm subsidy programs.
Tell your Representatives and Senators not to cut funding for USDA's voluntary conservation incentives programs and to take that message to Congressional and Agriculture Committee Leadership.
The House and Senate now must reconcile the differences between the two versions of the bill and produce a final bill for the president to sign. It's critical for Congress to produce a final bill that includes $5.1 billion in additional conservation program funding - the level provided in the Senate bill - and makes some reasonable reforms to farm subsidy programs.
Tell your Representatives and Senators not to cut funding for USDA's voluntary conservation incentives programs and to take that message to Congressional and Agriculture Committee Leadership.
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We signed the “Support Conservation Funding in the Farm Bill!” petition!
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Dear Elected Official - What do you want to put in the mouths and lungs of you children and grandchildren? Signed - One Small Member of the Global Community
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The conservation programs are an essential part of the environmental mix. The commodity programs are an outmoded and harmful way to deal with agricultural needs. Cut the commodity programs in order to fully fund the conservation programs so all can participate.
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What a difference this kind of provision could make--please consider. We can no longer escape the reality that our resources of clean air, land, and water are limited and fragile.
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Conservation of land is desperately needed now, and will be of extreme importance in future.
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More and more people are becoming aware of the nature of farming and the waste of vital resources and global warming. It makes sense for the government to really help those farmers who care about the stewardship of our environment and a healthy source of food for the country.
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Stop supporting agribusiness crooks and start conserving our farmland
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I want conservation programs in the farm bill.
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Helping the farmers helps all of us. Please don't cripple their efforts to do what is right.
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we all realise that the only way to go to create jobs and save this planet from overuse and exhaustion of our resources is to conserve, and in that way create many jobs and strengthen the economy, si let's do something different in this government "For the people", and actually be for the people AND the planet
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We NEED to support our farmers now!
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Let's support our American farmers. They need our help.
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Small farmers should get money first. Agribusiness doesn't need help.
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Farmer's that use conservation and organic agricultural methods ought to be encouraged for their stewardship of the land.
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PLEASE, help farmers to help US -- Fully support conservation programs as part of the farm bill!
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