--- On Sun, 9/28/08, GeorgiaAnn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: GeorgiaAnn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Farm Aid's Nelson, Mellencamp, Young and Matthews Urge
Congress to Redirect Bailout to Working Men and Women, Farmers
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 3:25 AM
Farm Aid’s Nelson, Mellencamp, Young and Matthews Urge Congress to
Redirect Bailout to Working Men and Women, Farmers
PRNewswire-USNewswire
September 27, 2008
In response to the $700 billion Wall Street bailout currently being
considered by Congress, the Farm Aid Board of Directors Willie Nelson, John
Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews sent an open letter to Congressional
leaders urging them to redirect funds to farm communities and working men and
women, where they can be better used to address our country’s economic,
environment, energy and health crises.
“The proposed $700 bailout asks taxpayers to foot the bill without
giving them the opportunity to share in any gains that might result,” Willie
Nelson said. “On the other hand, a $1 billion investment in family farm
agriculture would enrich all of us, because we are all shareholders of the
family farm. The return on investment in the family farm includes thriving
local economies, nutritious food for better health, a safer and more secure
food supply, a cleaner environment and more renewable energy.”
Nelson and fellow Farm Aid board members Neil Young, John Mellencamp
and Dave Matthews marked Farm Aid’s 23rd year last weekend with a New
England-based benefit concert that showcased the tenacity of family farmers as
an example of what it takes to solve America’s most pressing challenges.
“Family farmers are the bedrock of this country. They are always
looking for new answers to problems and finding creative solutions that work,”
said Nelson.
Farm Aid led by example at its annual benefit concert by becoming the
only music festival to serve family farm food to concertgoers, artists, crews
and VIPs, demonstrating what is possible in efforts to bring more family farm
food to more people.
To read the open letter to Congressional leaders sent by Farm Aid Board
of Directors Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews,
please visit www.farmaid.org/lettertocongress.
Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant family farm-centered system of
agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil
Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds
to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose
family farm food. Since 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $30 million to
support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food
Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture
and promote food from family farms.
SOURCE Farm Aid
http://www.farmaid.org
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