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I would like to share this with all of
you and ask if you have the opportunity to call your rep.
Also let us hope for rain soon for
Michigan.
Vicki Morrone
From: Michigan Food
and Farming Systems - MIFFS [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brown, Elaine
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:54
AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: Federal Farm Bill
FYI-- Call your congressional reps today
request. Read details below.
Elaine
416 Agriculture Hall
Ph: 517-432-0712
Fax: 517-353-7961
www.miffs.org
From: William Bobier
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007
2:30 PM
Subject: Federal Farm Bill
So, here it comes! Out of the House Ag Committee and
to the floor for a vote late tomorrow.
Here is the analysis of the Ag committees bill. http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/2007FarmBill.html
There is lots of good news for nutrition, specialty crops,
conservation, however, the biggest surprise is how little the commodity
payments and crop subsidies were changed. The payment cap is, at best, tokenism
and affects the bottom line very little and trade distortion even less.
Representatives Kind and Ryan are offering substantive set
of amendments that the nutrition, taxpayer, conservation, and fair trade
communities have been asked to drum up support for.
Attached is the background piece sent to me by Environmental
Defense. This is of course an ACTION ALERT so if we can call Congressional
delegates and ask that they consider the “Fairness in Farming and Food
Policy amendment it could make a difference in the final outcome.
Bill Bobier
Earthscape Resouce Mgt
318
517-484-4928
www.earthscapeinc.org