Comes a time to fight for farmers: Editorial by Neil Young
An editorial by Neil Young in The Boston Globe titled "Comes a time to fight for farmers":
WHEN Abraham Lincoln formed the US Department of Agriculture in 1862 he referred to it as the "People's Department" because it served the common interest of so many Americans. America's concerns about food and the economy were addressed and investments in cutting-edge research guaranteed the nation's food security.
More than 200 years later, we are in the midst of a historic financial crisis and part of the solution lies with the "People's Department." It's time for our newest federal leaders to recognize the unmatched ability of family farmers to strengthen local economies. We can all learn from the ingenuity and innovation that family farmers demonstrate time and time again in the face of challenge.
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by thrasher@PermaLink: 2/27/2009 06:35:00 AM
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Here are two links that have zip searches for community supported agriculture or farmers who grow food for their community.
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
http://www.buylocalfood.com/
Truth be told, it's time for our newest elected federal leaders to recognize that the people(remember the constitution) can solve all of our 'problems.' Not the government, not the Dalibama, not Pelosi and Reid. Now is the time for the people to grow their own food, provide their own health coverage, you know, bail their own ass out. We do not need another stimulus package, or a nationalized health care adgenda, or any federal regulation/legislation telling us how to grow our food or how to take care of ourselves. That is what this change is all about, telling you (us) how to run our lives. Now is the time for the people to grow balls and say no Dalibama, you don't have the answers.
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