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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Tuesday, 09 December 2008 | |
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Some of the most well-known leaders in the sustainable agriculture movement are inviting us to sign a petition to President-elect Obama in support of a democratic food and agriculture system that revitalizes rural economies, protects our food supply and environment, improves public health, rescues the independent farmer, and creates a sustainable renewable energy future. The original signers have already sent the letter to Obama and now encourage all of us to strengthen their message by signing the petition. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture could be chosen any day now. A few of the names being floated have made some food and farm advocacy groups uneasy. The petition provides ideal candidates for the next Secretary of (Sustainable) Agriculture, listed after the jump. Gus Schumacher, Former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Former Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Chuck Hassebrook, Executive Director, Center for Rural Affairs, Lyons, NE. Sarah Vogel, former two-term Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of North Dakota, attorney, Bismarck, ND. Fred Kirschenmann, organic farmer, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Ames, IA and President, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Pocantico Hills, NY. Mark Ritchie, current Minnesota Secretary of State, former policy analyst in Minnesota's Department of Agriculture under Governor Rudy Perpich, co-founder of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Neil Hamilton, attorney, Dwight D. Opperman Chair of Law and Professor of Law and Director, Agricultural Law Center, Drake University, Des Moines, IA. Source: Food Democracy Now
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It's true what our moms said...we are what we eat. In fact, it's truer than they thought. What I eat doesn't just affect me anymore, it affects all of us.
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