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We are the family
farm. Stand with us.
Originally
published on
www.naturallylocal.blospot.com
by Lucinda Clark
We don't want
government subsidies, but we do want
an even playing field on which to
compete, so please don't allow them
to be given to corporate giants.
On average, if you
added up our working
hours, we make less
than minimum wage,
so please don't
haggle us on price.
We are walking
wikipedias on the
topics of our trade,
so please don't
think us
intellectually
inferior.
If we cease to exist
then you would be
dependent on
companies that are
"too big to fail"
for your food
supply, and we all
know that nothing is
ever to big to fail
so please oppose
legislation that
makes it harder for
us to do what we do.
We are the family
farm, and as such we
ask you to stand
with us.
Stand with us as we
fight to keep our
land out of the
hands of those who
attempt to swindle
us into less
diversification in
the name of
efficiency, by
purchasing products
from farms produced
in a bio-dynamic
way.
Stand with us so we
can have the freedom
to plant non GMO
crops and save our
seeds without fear
of retaliation from
companies like
Monsanto, by
choosing organic and
opposing laws that
allow companies to
patent life and then
sue us in the name
of copyright
infringement.
Stand with us
against those that
would have us raise
animals in
concentration camps
for the sake of a
dollar, by refusing
to buy meat from
feedlots or
confinement
buildings.
You are our
customers, our
neighbors, our
countrymen, and
above all else you
are our fellow
humans. All of us,
together, can create
a foundation that
the next generation
is proud to stand
on. Together we can
be keep our food
system pure, and
together we can
leave this land
better than we found
it.
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