Final Push for Farm Bill

"FINAL PUSH BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE RELEASES ITS FARM BILL PROPOSAL

URGE YOUR SENATOR TO INCLUDE KEY ORGANIC PROVISIONS IN THE SENATE FARM BILL PROPOSAL

Phone calls or faxed letters are needed immediately, directed to members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to urge them to include organics in their Farm Bill Proposal. The Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Tom Harkin (D-IA) is finalizing his initial draft version of the 2007 Farm Bill as we speak, and has promised to include all of our organic priorities. Now the other members of the Committee need to hear from us about the importance of including organic provisions in the 2007 Farm Bill. If we can get all the organic priorities into the initial version of the bill with the active, or at least tacit support of a majority of the Committee members, it will put us on the path to victory without having to try to amend the bill later in the process."

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