Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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[from]
How Willie Nelson’s Bedrock, the Family Farmer, Could Save the American 
Economy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/23-6
Published on Friday, July 23, 2010 by Civil Eats

Starting with a rally cry from Farm Aid's celebrity board, originally drafted 
in a letter to Congress in September of 2008 in a call to recognize the 
potential of family farmers to revive the collapsing U.S. economy, Rebuilding 
America's Economy paints a vision of what our nation could look like:

    A $1 billion [a micro mini portion of the $700 billion bailout] 
investment in family farm agriculture would enrich us all, because we are all 
shareholders of the family farm. The return on investment in the family farm 
includes thriving local economies, nutritious food for better health, a safer 
and more secure food supply, a cleaner environment and more renewable energy. 
Investing in local, sustainable and organic food would shorten the distance 
between eaters and farmers, conserve energy, create economic opportunities, 
and new jobs through innovative processing and distribution systems, 
resulting in a better, greener, more efficient food and farm economy.

    Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews Farm Aid 
Board of Directors