Willie Nelson: Support a Better Farm Bill

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In the coming months, Congress will seal the next farm bill, legislation so broad in scope that it touches each of us in many ways. When you hear “farm bill,” think beyond the farm. Think food bill, renewable energy bill, nutrition bill, environmental stewardship bill, anti-hunger bill.

Over the past several decades, the farm bill has served the interests of large-scale industrial agriculture with policies designed to produce cheap food and lots of it. This cheap food policy, however, comes with incredibly high external costs: a depleted countryside with fewer farmers, degraded soils and waterways, and public health disasters. A new farm bill — one that serves the interests of all Americans — with a vision toward sustainability, can help reverse these trends.

more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Livestock-and-Farming/2007-06-01/Take-Action-Support-a-Better-Farm-Bill.aspx

Take Action:
www.capwiz.com/bread/home
www.ucsaction.org/campaign/2007_farm_bill