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This Holiday Season - Make Trade Fair for Farmers!
Target: President George W. BushSponsored by: Oxfam America
Family farmers around the world are suffering. But we can solve this problem by changing unfair trade policies. Our tax dollars supposedly support family farmers. But, in fact, they're predominantly benefiting a small number of wealthy, industrial-sized farms.
What's more, large government payouts lead to overproduction. Crops are dumped onto the world market and sold for less than the cost of production. That drives prices down, often making it impossible for family farmers in developing countries to make a living and feed their families.
This holiday season, join the tens of thousands of people around the US who are participating in Oxfam's Fast for a World Harvest and take a moment to email President Bush. Call on him to do his part to help end hunger by reforming US farm policy.
What's more, large government payouts lead to overproduction. Crops are dumped onto the world market and sold for less than the cost of production. That drives prices down, often making it impossible for family farmers in developing countries to make a living and feed their families.
This holiday season, join the tens of thousands of people around the US who are participating in Oxfam's Fast for a World Harvest and take a moment to email President Bush. Call on him to do his part to help end hunger by reforming US farm policy.
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We signed the “This Holiday Season - Make Trade Fair for Farmers!” petition!
# 17,250:
6:56 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Tracy Ewing, California
# 17,249:
6:50 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Joanna Grinberg-ayala, New York
# 17,248:
6:25 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Mary Lellouche, Washington
TO STOP POVERTY IN THE FAMILY FARM SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY!
TO STOP POVERTY IN THE FAMILY FARM SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY!
# 17,247:
11:59 am PDT, Sep 21,
Sondra Broomell, Delaware
# 17,246:
9:18 am PDT, Sep 21,
Donna Hamsher, Louisiana
# 17,245:
8:06 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Diane Carson-Huff, California
# 17,244:
3:59 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Diana Dee, California
# 17,243:
4:43 am PDT, Sep 20,
Amanda Abney, Indiana
Our Farmers need this!!
Our Farmers need this!!
# 17,242:
11:22 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Cindy Andersen, Illinois
# 17,241:
9:40 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Emily MacDonald, Pennsylvania
# 17,240:
9:12 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Carole Spear, Massachusetts
# 17,239:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Lori Wohlgemuth, Ohio
# 17,238:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Michael Filipiak, Wisconsin
# 17,237:
6:38 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Nora Johnston, Wisconsin
# 17,236:
5:30 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Shelley Poston, West Virginia
# 17,235:
3:32 pm PDT, Sep 19,
David Lyle, Texas
# 17,234:
2:26 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Heather McCall-Kelly, Connecticut
# 17,233:
2:25 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Claudia Heilke, Indiana
# 17,232:
2:19 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Alison Moski, Connecticut
# 17,231:
12:18 pm PDT, Sep 19,
Alan Stout, Illinois
# 17,230:
11:14 am PDT, Sep 19,
Heather Liden, Indiana
# 17,229:
10:43 am PDT, Sep 19,
Sara Fisch, Arizona
# 17,228:
10:37 am PDT, Sep 19,
SnowOwl Sor-Lokken, Utah
Because it is the decent thing to do.
Because it is the decent thing to do.
# 17,227:
10:32 am PDT, Sep 19,
Debra Vigil, Idaho
# 17,226:
9:57 am PDT, Sep 19,
Kathy Mesch, California
# 17,225:
9:29 am PDT, Sep 19,
Angela Black, California
# 17,224:
7:57 am PDT, Sep 19,
Arthur Daniels, Florida
# 17,223:
6:49 am PDT, Sep 19,
Tanya Brown, Tennessee
# 17,222:
6:27 am PDT, Sep 19,
Bonnie D. Clark, North Carolina
# 17,221:
6:13 am PDT, Sep 19,
Shirley Hudleson, Florida
# 17,220:
6:01 am PDT, Sep 19,
Jonathan Katz, New York
# 17,219:
5:46 am PDT, Sep 19,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 17,218:
5:26 am PDT, Sep 19,
Gabriela Zabel, Maryland
# 17,217:
5:25 am PDT, Sep 19,
Ceci Madruga, Florida
# 17,216:
8:01 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Bryan Freehling, Pennsylvania
# 17,215:
3:26 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Richard Hollister, Arizona
# 17,214:
3:09 am PDT, Sep 18,
Emma Carvell, United Kingdom
# 17,213:
7:05 am PDT, Sep 16,
Geoff Eargle, Illinois
# 17,212:
4:21 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Jeanette Walden, Washington
# 17,211:
4:17 pm PDT, Sep 15,
John Blalock, Florida
# 17,210:
2:41 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Pamela Puskarich, Michigan
# 17,209:
2:24 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Roland Jesperson, North Dakota
# 17,208:
2:09 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Caitlin Shaw, California
# 17,207:
1:50 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Patricia Haverkamp, Texas
# 17,206:
1:40 pm PDT, Sep 15,
MaryElla Adams, Michigan
I am alarmed at the few real family farms that are left. We must support these real family farms with all the help that the US government ans state governments can provide.
I am alarmed at the few real family farms that are left. We must support these real family farms with all the help that the US government ans state governments can provide.
# 17,205:
1:20 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Erika Scull, Florida
# 17,204:
12:50 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Jennifer Nelson, Ohio
# 17,203:
12:45 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Kathleen Kenny, Colorado
# 17,202:
12:13 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Adriana Faria, Washington
# 17,201:
12:11 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Michael Barth, Illinois