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Support Family Farms, NOT Mega-Farms
Target: U.S. House of RepresentativesSponsored by: Center for Rural Affairs
URGENT: House to vote Thursday on 2007 Farm Bill - act now to support family farms!
Last Wednesday the House Agriculture Committee voted to increase subsidies that mega-farms use to drive family farms off the land and out of business. Not only does this action further subsidize the demise of family farms, it diverts scarce dollars from vital programs that could benefit all of America. This Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin will bring an amendment to the House floor during debate on the Farm Bill that will reverse this move.
The House Agriculture Committee's 2007 Farm Bill proposal is NOT reform. Representative Ryan's amendment is true reform. It would close the loopholes in farm programs that allow a few extremely wealthy individuals to receive multi-million dollar subsidy checks. Rep. Ryan's amendment would restore integrity to farm programs.
Urge your representative to vote FOR the Paul Ryan amendment that will reverse the payment limitation increase, close the loopholes, and limit farm subsidies to mega-farms. Tell your representative that supporting family farmers and rural America means supporting Rep. Ryan's amendment this Thursday.
Last Wednesday the House Agriculture Committee voted to increase subsidies that mega-farms use to drive family farms off the land and out of business. Not only does this action further subsidize the demise of family farms, it diverts scarce dollars from vital programs that could benefit all of America. This Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin will bring an amendment to the House floor during debate on the Farm Bill that will reverse this move.
The House Agriculture Committee's 2007 Farm Bill proposal is NOT reform. Representative Ryan's amendment is true reform. It would close the loopholes in farm programs that allow a few extremely wealthy individuals to receive multi-million dollar subsidy checks. Rep. Ryan's amendment would restore integrity to farm programs.
Urge your representative to vote FOR the Paul Ryan amendment that will reverse the payment limitation increase, close the loopholes, and limit farm subsidies to mega-farms. Tell your representative that supporting family farmers and rural America means supporting Rep. Ryan's amendment this Thursday.
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Danny King, Florida
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Linda Landrum, Florida
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Teresa Cowley, Texas
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Candy Bowman-LeBlanc, California
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Miriam Walsh, Massachusetts
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Chris Desutter, Florida
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Magda Fox-Schuller, Armed Forces Europe
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Marvin Scherl, North Carolina
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Jennifer Krueger, Texas
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Teresa Nickeson, New York
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2:20 am PDT, Jul 25,
Mary Irons, New Hampshire
Please help us all have a richer future with more locally grown food produced with more than the bottom line in mind.
Please help us all have a richer future with more locally grown food produced with more than the bottom line in mind.
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Karlyn Langjahr, Virgin Islands
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Michael Gualtieri, New York
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2:10 am PDT, Jul 25,
Sherri Smith, Maine
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2:07 am PDT, Jul 25,
Mark Quire, Colorado
The love and care that the folks who live on family farms and grow OUR food is of so much more importance than mega farms that seem to have just one goal in mind and that is profits. The family farmer deserves our support but most of all they deserve our thanks. Please support our farming families.
The love and care that the folks who live on family farms and grow OUR food is of so much more importance than mega farms that seem to have just one goal in mind and that is profits. The family farmer deserves our support but most of all they deserve our thanks. Please support our farming families.
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Shannon R Canada, Georgia
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Karisha Kirk, Indiana
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1:59 am PDT, Jul 25,
Anne Struck, Wisconsin
farms go way back with our history and it's sad to see them come to an end due to them not having the support of your goverment. there is no help for them and they work 24/7 and have no health insurance, paid vacation, sick days. They work non-stop and get paid very little... and they are what america was built on...
farms go way back with our history and it's sad to see them come to an end due to them not having the support of your goverment. there is no help for them and they work 24/7 and have no health insurance, paid vacation, sick days. They work non-stop and get paid very little... and they are what america was built on...
# 78:
1:47 am PDT, Jul 25,
Steve Stokes, Indiana
I have a lot of friends who are small time farmers who are having a hard time cause they get less support from the goverment than the larger farms do
I have a lot of friends who are small time farmers who are having a hard time cause they get less support from the goverment than the larger farms do
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1:46 am PDT, Jul 25,
Mary Beard, Ohio
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Carol Spaniol, Texas
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Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
Help!
Help!
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Mary Chapman, Florida
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Alex Vollmer, California
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Jessica LeAnn, Illinois
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James H. Fitch, Pennsylvania
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Name not displayed, California
The U.S. has seen recent growth in sustainable farming practices, and I think we should do everything we can do continue spurring healthy agricultural practices based more on local, smaller-scale endeavors (even if it were to mean increases in food costs--healthy food and healthy land are worth it).
The U.S. has seen recent growth in sustainable farming practices, and I think we should do everything we can do continue spurring healthy agricultural practices based more on local, smaller-scale endeavors (even if it were to mean increases in food costs--healthy food and healthy land are worth it).
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Sophia Letourneau, Florida
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Catherine Moore, New York
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Monroe Jeffrey, California
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Rod Gesner, Washington
Small Farms, Hemp and other Safe Diverse Crops Will Give Our Country a Chance in The Global Marketplace.!.. Do Not Let The GMO's And Factory Farms Destroy Agriculture; OR Let Fuel Crop Priorities Create False Food Shortages.!..!.. Give The Subsidies Back To the Family Farmers; Promote Organic And Safe Food Crops.!..!...!..
Small Farms, Hemp and other Safe Diverse Crops Will Give Our Country a Chance in The Global Marketplace.!.. Do Not Let The GMO's And Factory Farms Destroy Agriculture; OR Let Fuel Crop Priorities Create False Food Shortages.!..!.. Give The Subsidies Back To the Family Farmers; Promote Organic And Safe Food Crops.!..!...!..
# 65:
1:26 am PDT, Jul 25,
Laura Centorrino, California
Thank you for supporting family farms. The biodiversity found as well as the importance of raising children that know how to care for the land and grow food is very important to a healthy sustainable future. Thank you again for doing everything you can to stop large scale farms that lack diversity, support GMO and toxic chemical applications that have negative environmental effects. Lets return to farming that will allow the land and the people to live for a long time.
Thank you for supporting family farms. The biodiversity found as well as the importance of raising children that know how to care for the land and grow food is very important to a healthy sustainable future. Thank you again for doing everything you can to stop large scale farms that lack diversity, support GMO and toxic chemical applications that have negative environmental effects. Lets return to farming that will allow the land and the people to live for a long time.
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John Hinds, Oklahoma
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Timothy Bruck, Ohio
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MAELI MCVEY, Indiana
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Christian Ryan, Texas
help the farmers please
help the farmers please
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Dean Ruscoe, Florida
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Kevin Farrell, New York
Protect America
Protect America
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Debbie Goodman, New York
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Nicky Meyer, South Africa
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Amy Montezuma, Illinois
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Joy Toney, California