email: psayerhandley@yahoo.com
phone number: 916.216.3235
A Day on the Farm
May 20, 2012
10am – 4pm
At the American River Ranch
2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA
The Farm Bills that have been enacted over the years have primarily supported large-scale and industrial-scale commodity farms. Only meager public resources have been invested to support small- and mid-sized family farms and dynamic local food economies.
Work is underway to formulate the 2012 Farm Bill. A package of policy reforms outlined in the Local Farms, Food and Jobs bill was recently introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and is co-sponsored by 63 representatives in the House and 9 in the Senate and endorsed by over 130 groups concerned with strong and diverse local food systems.
http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2012/01/local-food-and-the-farm- bill-small-investments-big- returns/ has a good explanation of this legislation, which as we read it, lines up well with the two domestic projects set underway by Heifer USA.
A word in support of it to our congresspeople would be positive!
Interested? Visitors are always welcome!
Email us (heifersacramento at gmail dot com) for our meeting location and details.