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Farm Aid Promoting Sustainable Farm And Food Vision
Somerville MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008 Farm Aid President Willie Nelson has sent an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama, congratulating him on his victory and offering Farm Aid as a resource for a new farm and food policy that supports a sustainable, family farm system of agriculture. By way of introduction, Nelson explained, "I started Farm Aid in 1985 when family farmers were being forced off their land as a result of federal policy that paved the way for industrial agriculture. This shift replaced independent family farmers with factory farms that have wreaked havoc on our communities, our environment and our public health." Nelson pointed out that Farm Aid and a network of farm and food organizations across the country, together with family farmers, have been working for years to grow the alternative to the industrial food systemone centered around family farms. Nelson said now is the right time for the leaders of our country to take a leadership role in this movement. "Now is the time for our country to recognize and call on family farmers' ingenuity, strength and value to our past and our future," Willie Nelson said. "We can have strong local economies, green energy, a clean environment, healthy citizens and good foodall of these start with family farmers." "Our family farmers are a national resource with incredible potential to help us solve the challenges we currently face. The steps they are taking are strengthening our local economies, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, protecting our natural resources and increasing our national security," said Nelson. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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