Urgent! Action Alert!
Natl. Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture (campaign@magiccarpet.com)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:15:38
>NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
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>P.O. Box 396, Pine Bush, NY 12566, (914) 744-8448, Fax: (914) 744-8477,
>email: campaign@magiccarpet.com
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>URGENT! ACTION ALERT!! URGENT!
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>SAVE FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA AND CONSERVATION FARM OPTION $$
>Wednesday, June 17, 1998
>
>Please call both of your U.S. Senators ASAP at the phone number below.
>Urge them to PUSH to restore the full $25 million for the CONSERVATION FARM
>OPTION (CFO) program and $60 million for the FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA, both
>of which were ZERO-funded by the Senate Appropriations Committee last week!
>
>* The CONSERVATION FARM OPTION program is a new 1996 Farm Bill program
>which promotes innovative sustainable agriculture practices. It gives
>farmers an incentive to develop a whole farm plan and payments for field
>testing new practices.
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>* The FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA was also authorized in the 1996 Farm Bill and
>was crucial to its passage. It provides funding for research and rural
>development initiatives that are environmentally responsible, strengthen
>farmers' profitability and build rural communities.
>
>Both of these programs were funded as mandatory programs in the Farm Bill.
>Thus their funding should not even be challenged. Congress gained support
>for the controversial Farm Bill largely by promising farmers and rural
>communities to fund these programs; failing to fund them now breaks that
>serious commitment.
>
>We expect the agricultural appropriations bill to get to the Senate floor
>soon, possibly early next week. Tell your senators YOU WANT THEM TO
>SUPPORT FLOOR AMENDMENTS TO RESTORE FUNDING for both of these crucial
>programs.
>
>IT'S EASY TO CALL. Call the Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 and ask for
>both of your senators' office numbers (they can put you through to one of
>them). If you can't reach the person handling agriculture appropriations,
>please leave a message with your name, phone number and main points.
>
>THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ACTING QUICKLY!
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>If you have questions, please feel free to e-mail Margaret Krome,
>Appropriations Coordinator, National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
>(mkrome@inxpress.net).
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>Margaret Krome
>Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
>East Troy, WI
>
>home office: 2524 Chamberlain Ave.
> Madison, WI 53705
> (608) 238-1440 phone
> (608) 238-1569 fax
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