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Take Action to Support Conservation Programs for Farmers
Target: U.S. SenateSponsored by: Environmental Defense
America's farmers, ranchers and forest landowners provide an invaluable service to our country.
They not only produce food and fiber, but they help keep our water clean, our air clean, and our habitats for wildlife safe. The environmental challenges that we are facing cannot be solved unless we reward these landowners who enroll in USDA's voluntary conservation programs.
About 50,000 farmers are rejected every year from these programs due to lack of funds. We need to add $6 billion in new funding to the Farm Bill to help farmers participate in programs that promote conservation.
Tell your Senators to support conservation priorities and make farmland stewardship the centerpiece of the 2007 Farm Bill!
They not only produce food and fiber, but they help keep our water clean, our air clean, and our habitats for wildlife safe. The environmental challenges that we are facing cannot be solved unless we reward these landowners who enroll in USDA's voluntary conservation programs.
About 50,000 farmers are rejected every year from these programs due to lack of funds. We need to add $6 billion in new funding to the Farm Bill to help farmers participate in programs that promote conservation.
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# 23,300:
3:00 am PDT, Mar 29,
Laurence Metereaux, France
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9:07 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Cathy Schrott, California
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8:38 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Khan Khan, Canada
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3:54 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Cloe Virginia Hubbard, Australia
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5:33 pm PDT, Mar 27,
HEATHER ROSS, Florida
# 23,295:
1:35 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Jaycie Loud, North Carolina
Although i'm not a very big fan of meat we should still be friendly to the enviroment. I think that we should be grateful to the very little amount o fenviromental freindly farmers.
Although i'm not a very big fan of meat we should still be friendly to the enviroment. I think that we should be grateful to the very little amount o fenviromental freindly farmers.
# 23,294:
9:03 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Natalie Santiago, Puerto Rico
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11:30 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Kali Prior, Alabama
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7:03 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Cheryl Silkett, Missouri
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11:51 am PDT, Mar 25,
Name not displayed, Idaho
Although I'm not for meat produce, farmers that are trying to be environmentally friendly should have the upper most respect.
Although I'm not for meat produce, farmers that are trying to be environmentally friendly should have the upper most respect.
# 23,290:
10:36 am PDT, Mar 25,
Meghan Bundrock, Ohio
small farms and farmers are the key to growing local and organic food networks... please STOP SUPPORTING CORPORATIONS LIKE MONSANTO, and help the true american farmer create a better future for us all..
small farms and farmers are the key to growing local and organic food networks... please STOP SUPPORTING CORPORATIONS LIKE MONSANTO, and help the true american farmer create a better future for us all..
# 23,289:
5:01 am PDT, Mar 25,
Tia Hilkert, Wisconsin
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4:56 am PDT, Mar 25,
Name not displayed, Australia
# 23,287:
9:08 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Chris Anas, California
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3:39 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Phillip Anderson, Michigan
# 23,285:
8:16 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Keith Tarrant, Canada
# 23,284:
2:51 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Tracy Slager, Indiana
For too long we have failed to reward the farmers who go the extra mile, make the extra effort, take the long way rather than the short cut. For too long the government has encouraged the rape of the land rather than the consciencious management for present and future viability. It's time we honored those who have done more than they were told to, more than they needed to. It's time we punish the rape and pillage of our planet and reward the responsible stewards.
For too long we have failed to reward the farmers who go the extra mile, make the extra effort, take the long way rather than the short cut. For too long the government has encouraged the rape of the land rather than the consciencious management for present and future viability. It's time we honored those who have done more than they were told to, more than they needed to. It's time we punish the rape and pillage of our planet and reward the responsible stewards.
# 23,283:
10:26 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Connie Nawaz, Wisconsin
My grandparents were a farming family with 12 kids. Families like this make up our heartland and also help to ensure our food supply. My grandprents did not use chemicals, and they made sure to take care of their land to endure a safe future and conserve the land for years to come. I am proud to say that I come from a farming family.
My grandparents were a farming family with 12 kids. Families like this make up our heartland and also help to ensure our food supply. My grandprents did not use chemicals, and they made sure to take care of their land to endure a safe future and conserve the land for years to come. I am proud to say that I come from a farming family.
# 23,282:
9:46 am PDT, Mar 21,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
ENOUGH...Do the RIGHT thing and save the planet...
ENOUGH...Do the RIGHT thing and save the planet...
# 23,281:
5:47 am PDT, Mar 21,
Monika Szmulewicz, Poland
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4:39 am PDT, Mar 21,
Kelly Oeyen, Belgium
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3:03 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Marisu Nea Darkness, Argentina
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4:13 am PDT, Mar 20,
Dominika Wiacek, Spain
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4:11 pm PDT, Mar 19,
D Lamb, Colorado
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10:54 am PDT, Mar 19,
Angie Arnold, Colorado
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5:56 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Valeriya Sholokhova, New York
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3:38 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Erin Shelly, New York
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4:21 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Name not displayed, California
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12:50 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Aimee Warner, Canada
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3:38 am PDT, Mar 17,
Ulrike Darby, Germany
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3:23 am PDT, Mar 17,
Vivien De Boer-Harm, Belgium
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6:23 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Lisa Vanname, New Jersey
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5:51 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Madison Bingley, Canada
The farmers provide us with the tools to live, we need to support them so that they can live.
The farmers provide us with the tools to live, we need to support them so that they can live.
# 23,267:
12:17 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Yvonne Jorg, Arizona
# 23,266:
3:47 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Angela Williams, Wisconsin
The farmers have a hard enough time the way it is. Please help them!!!
The farmers have a hard enough time the way it is. Please help them!!!
# 23,265:
3:41 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Judyta Dymkowska, Poland
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10:10 am PDT, Mar 15,
Nat Kim, Oregon
# 23,263:
9:16 am PDT, Mar 15,
OLY Diaz, Florida
# 23,262:
5:41 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Mary McKeever, Ohio
Farmers need to be rewarded for their conservation efforts.
Farmers need to be rewarded for their conservation efforts.
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5:30 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, New York
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10:36 am PDT, Mar 14,
Name not displayed, Alaska
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4:05 am PDT, Mar 14,
Samantha Claypool, Florida
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2:12 am PDT, Mar 14,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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7:15 pm PDT, Mar 13,
Kelsey Cormier, Massachusetts
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3:45 pm PDT, Mar 13,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
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2:53 pm PDT, Mar 13,
Kelly Koepke, Wisconsin
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12:34 pm PDT, Mar 13,
Emmy Undem, Austria
# 23,253:
2:16 am PDT, Mar 13,
Sandra St. Mire, New York
Farming shouldn't be a "raping" of the land but farmers working with the land keeping it clean and safe for everyone. Why not reward farmers who make an effort to conserve it will be better for us all and to the seventh generation. Let's leave this world better than what we found it wouldn't our grandchildren be proud AND inspired to do the same.
Farming shouldn't be a "raping" of the land but farmers working with the land keeping it clean and safe for everyone. Why not reward farmers who make an effort to conserve it will be better for us all and to the seventh generation. Let's leave this world better than what we found it wouldn't our grandchildren be proud AND inspired to do the same.
# 23,252:
2:08 am PDT, Mar 13,
Alicya Lima, Netherlands
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3:04 pm PDT, Mar 12,
Casilda Bolota, Rhode Island