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Strengthen America's Family Farms and Rural Communities
Target: CongressSponsored by: Center for Rural Affairs
America is strongest when all of its people have access to genuine opportunity. To contribute to the nation's prosperity, rural America must share in it.
We must change our course and support farm and rural policy that revitalizes rural America.
The single most effective thing Congress can do to strengthen rural America is to target farm programs to family farms. Today, unlimited farm program checks subsidize large, aggressively expanding operations that drive up land costs and drive their smaller neighbors out of business. Reforming farm programs will save money, and that money can be invested in creating a future for rural America.
Rural Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial, small business development lifts the veil of poverty and dependence on low-wage work, creates economic opportunity, and brings people back to rural areas.
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers: Supporting the future of family farming and ranching through training, mentoring, and education is a down payment on a vibrant future for all of rural America.
Conservation: Conservation programs that reward farmers and ranchers for good stewardship on working lands rather than by what and how much they produce protects the soil, water, and air for all of America.
Tell Congress to support farm and rural policy that strengthens rural America!
We must change our course and support farm and rural policy that revitalizes rural America.
The single most effective thing Congress can do to strengthen rural America is to target farm programs to family farms. Today, unlimited farm program checks subsidize large, aggressively expanding operations that drive up land costs and drive their smaller neighbors out of business. Reforming farm programs will save money, and that money can be invested in creating a future for rural America.
Rural Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial, small business development lifts the veil of poverty and dependence on low-wage work, creates economic opportunity, and brings people back to rural areas.
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers: Supporting the future of family farming and ranching through training, mentoring, and education is a down payment on a vibrant future for all of rural America.
Conservation: Conservation programs that reward farmers and ranchers for good stewardship on working lands rather than by what and how much they produce protects the soil, water, and air for all of America.
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We signed the “Strengthen America's Family Farms and Rural Communities” petition!
# 50:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Phil Caps, California
# 49:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 48:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 47:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Paul Betancourt, Texas
# 46:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Michigan
We need family farms
We need family farms
# 45:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Maya Martinez, California
# 44:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Steven Arnett, Michigan
We need more small farm, more local farms and more environmentally sound farms. The waste of transportation and the danger of widespread food problems from a very few sources should not be acceptable.
We need more small farm, more local farms and more environmentally sound farms. The waste of transportation and the danger of widespread food problems from a very few sources should not be acceptable.
# 43:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Steve Fraser, Georgia
# 42:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Ted Vieira, Nevada
# 41:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Linda Eatenson, Texas
The better informed I become, the more I realize that family farms must survive and thrive. The threat to our health, economy, and environment posed by corporate agribusiness is undeniable.
The better informed I become, the more I realize that family farms must survive and thrive. The threat to our health, economy, and environment posed by corporate agribusiness is undeniable.
# 40:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, New York
# 39:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
John Fippinger, Florida
# 38:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Sheri Crabtree, Kentucky
# 37:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Fran Tomkowid, New York
Small farmers have become even more important with the current e coli problems occurring with mass food production.
Small farmers have become even more important with the current e coli problems occurring with mass food production.
# 36:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Maureen McMillan, New Jersey
# 35:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Washington
You can strengthen America's family farms and rural communities; you can do it by voting for the little guy!
You can strengthen America's family farms and rural communities; you can do it by voting for the little guy!
# 34:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Ellen Adler, Ohio
# 33:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Susan Odlum, Washington
# 32:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Nancy Alvaro, New Mexico
# 31:
12:55 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Lynn Gideon, Texas
# 30:
12:55 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Kitte Knight, Oregon
Subsidize the family farms, not the corporations! Give America back to the people! No more corporate welfare!
Subsidize the family farms, not the corporations! Give America back to the people! No more corporate welfare!
# 29:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Robyn Erler, California
# 28:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Marsha Becker, Wisconsin
# 27:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Debra Widera, Nevada
# 26:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Linda Jameson, California
# 25:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, California
support our local growers, not these huge agribusinesses with corporate welfare ties.
support our local growers, not these huge agribusinesses with corporate welfare ties.
# 24:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Elaine Dorough Johnson, Wisconsin
# 23:
12:54 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Jennifer Kim Zeller, California
# 22:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Jennifer Bell, New Jersey
# 21:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Jo Gabriel, Wisconsin
# 20:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Denise Carl, Kentucky
# 19:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Shawn Blaesing-Thompson, Washington
# 18:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Harry Phillips, North Carolina
# 17:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Holly Gietl, Illinois
We need to support local farmers and local growers.
We need to support local farmers and local growers.
# 16:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Mark Viergutz, California
# 15:
12:53 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Alison Cameron, Iowa
# 14:
12:52 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Judith Becker, Pennsylvania
# 13:
12:52 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Mark Moniz, California
# 12:
12:52 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Paula Whear, Florida
# 11:
12:51 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Gregory Coyle, California
# 10:
12:51 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Lance Laforteza, California
# 9:
12:51 pm PDT, Jun 18,
TRAVIS HARVEY, Pennsylvania
# 8:
12:51 pm PDT, Jun 18,
A Kerr, Pennsylvania
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12:51 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Caroline Otto, New York
# 6:
12:50 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Patty Coates, New Jersey
# 5:
12:50 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Byron Davis, Utah
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12:50 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 3:
12:50 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Paul Ficklin-Alred, Georgia
# 2:
12:49 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Gina Ellinger, Michigan
# 1:
12:49 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Barbara Bernhardy-Fortney, Florida