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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!
# 200:
8:56 am PST, Feb 23,
Jennie Reinish, California
# 199:
8:56 am PST, Feb 23,
Alex Bedford DVM, Michigan
# 198:
8:56 am PST, Feb 23,
Jordan Pakaki, Texas
# 197:
8:56 am PST, Feb 23,
Houston Lewis, Texas
# 196:
8:55 am PST, Feb 23,
Deborah Fexis, New Hampshire
# 195:
8:55 am PST, Feb 23,
Savannahlee Eicher, Ohio
Conservation is essential for survival as an ecosystem. Give us the opportunity and our family will continue to do our part in farm conservation!
Conservation is essential for survival as an ecosystem. Give us the opportunity and our family will continue to do our part in farm conservation!
# 194:
8:54 am PST, Feb 23,
Alison Baden, Texas
# 193:
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Roberta Marley, Pennsylvania
# 192:
8:54 am PST, Feb 23,
Joy Bolstad Brown, North Carolina
# 191:
8:54 am PST, Feb 23,
Name not displayed, New York
# 190:
8:54 am PST, Feb 23,
Jan S., Colorado
Let's do what is right for our farmers. We depend on them for our food. Let's help them do the right thing!
Let's do what is right for our farmers. We depend on them for our food. Let's help them do the right thing!
# 189:
8:54 am PST, Feb 23,
Edward Cook, Indiana
Put greed aside for once and do what is right. Support the individual farmer.
Put greed aside for once and do what is right. Support the individual farmer.
# 188:
8:54 am PST, Feb 23,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 187:
8:53 am PST, Feb 23,
Gail Gorlitzz, Washington D.C.
# 186:
8:53 am PST, Feb 23,
Erik Drumm, Pennsylvania
Why is this even an issue? Why does this current administration keep tearing apart the very fabric of this nation? Support Farmers Now!!!!
Why is this even an issue? Why does this current administration keep tearing apart the very fabric of this nation? Support Farmers Now!!!!
# 185:
8:53 am PST, Feb 23,
Mary Hickey, Ohio
# 184:
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Rhese Meares, Arkansas
# 183:
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Madeleine Breen, Ohio
# 182:
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Jody Katopothis, Oregon
# 181:
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Vicki Word, Texas
# 180:
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Ingelise Brown, Pennsylvania
# 179:
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Jeff Thompson, Florida
# 178:
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Patricia Araiza, California
# 177:
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Lenore Ferrill, Texas
# 176:
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# 175:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Tara Valdez, Texas
# 174:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Rebecca Schneider, Arizona
This is a prime opportunity to add conservation efforts to the farm bill. There are many farmers who would like to use some of their land in conservation efforts. Why not help them out? We cannot continue to devastate our nation's natural resources without ultimately paying a MUCH higher price! Incorporate good conservation measures into the bill...and KEEP them there!
This is a prime opportunity to add conservation efforts to the farm bill. There are many farmers who would like to use some of their land in conservation efforts. Why not help them out? We cannot continue to devastate our nation's natural resources without ultimately paying a MUCH higher price! Incorporate good conservation measures into the bill...and KEEP them there!
# 173:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Nikki Housh, Washington
# 172:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Dave Oldham, Pennsylvania
# 171:
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Marilyn Skolnick, Pennsylvania
# 170:
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Frederick G. Langan, Colorado
# 169:
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Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 168:
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Kelley Giffen, Kansas
# 167:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Kassandra Olsen, California
# 166:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Name not displayed, Oregon
It's hard to be a farmer. Let's give them a break. Our lives depend on them!
It's hard to be a farmer. Let's give them a break. Our lives depend on them!
# 165:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Wendy Tye, Tennessee
# 164:
8:51 am PST, Feb 23,
Heather Cary, Michigan
# 163:
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Karen (Belladonna) Dull, New Jersey
# 162:
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Alex Cohen, Pennsylvania
# 161:
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Vidya Sims, California
# 160:
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Mark Larsen, Illinois
# 159:
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Elisabeth Genly, Oregon
# 158:
8:49 am PST, Feb 23,
Bobbie Strickland, Alabama
My Daddy was a farmer. I know what its like when you need help and are willing to earn it but are told no. We should learn to take care of our own.
My Daddy was a farmer. I know what its like when you need help and are willing to earn it but are told no. We should learn to take care of our own.
# 157:
8:49 am PST, Feb 23,
Gayle Enloe, Missouri
Help our farmers!!!!
Help our farmers!!!!
# 156:
8:49 am PST, Feb 23,
Bethany Blake, North Carolina
# 155:
8:49 am PST, Feb 23,
Steve Gronseth, Florida
In many ways the American farmer has been the backbone of our country....but big business and an indifferent federal government has made it so extremely hard on these people that it's near impossible to exist.....do the right thing for those Americans who have done so much for all of us and get them the funding they need.
In many ways the American farmer has been the backbone of our country....but big business and an indifferent federal government has made it so extremely hard on these people that it's near impossible to exist.....do the right thing for those Americans who have done so much for all of us and get them the funding they need.
# 154:
8:49 am PST, Feb 23,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 153:
8:48 am PST, Feb 23,
Greg Giorgio, New York
When we have lost control of the way our food is produced, at the hands of forces who would - as they have been- squandering the land itself for pure profit, we have lost our way practically and morally.Farmland conservation and sustainable initiatives are the core of our future as a species, let alone a nation.
When we have lost control of the way our food is produced, at the hands of forces who would - as they have been- squandering the land itself for pure profit, we have lost our way practically and morally.Farmland conservation and sustainable initiatives are the core of our future as a species, let alone a nation.
# 152:
8:48 am PST, Feb 23,
Florence Chapgier, California
# 151:
8:48 am PST, Feb 23,
Sean A. Kilpatrick, New York