EM:/ Fwd: Just Say No to Factory Farms

No doubt everyone's gotten this?

Ed Steinman
Huron Valley Group Exec. Comm.



See Your Alert Online

Tell USDA No More Factory Farms



July 30, 2009




Dear Edward,




Help protect small farms by saying no to new factory farms!




Small farmers across the country are struggling to make ends meet, yet  
the USDA is helping new factory farms come on line by encouraging  
banks to give them guaranteed loans.  Family farm groups from across  
the country are calling on the USDA to stop backing new factory  
farms.  Can you take action to stop new factory farms?

Factory farms have already forced out many small producers by lowering  
the price that farmers are paid for chickens and pigs.  The tough  
economic times are hitting everyone hard and many farmers are losing  
their contracts.  The USDA has bought up surplus pork, chicken and  
eggs for nutrition and school lunch programs to absorb some of the  
over-supply, but still, the agency continues to back loans for new  
factory farms.

To make matters worse, taxpayers pay for this bad policy twice - when  
the government buys up surplus production and again when low prices  
drive producers out of business and USDA pays for the defaulted loans.

Tell Secretary Vilsack it's time to cut off the factory farm  
industry.  Sign a petition calling for USDA to impose a moratorium on  
guaranteed loans to build new factory farms.

http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/t/5915/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2050


Sarah, Alex, Noelle and The Food Team
Food & Water Watch
goodfood(at)fwwatch.org




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