Our hearts are breaking for all the farms in West Virginia and across America being adversely affected by the federal government's abrupt withdrawal of funding for farm-to-school and food pantry projects, as well as other critical agricultural programs.
Every decision to make cuts has a domino effect. And when you have widespread cuts across the board to multiple programs, the result can be catastrophic.
Like many others, our local farmers are in a political war zone under heavy fire. There will be casualties, and farms will close just when America needs them most!
In recent years, small farms have been called on to grow more, more, more, and they have delivered. They've hired workers, cleared new fields, planted more seeds, purchased new equipment and delivery vehicles, and built barns.
Contracts were signed, and money was borrowed to make all this happen.
Now, due to these funding cuts, our farmers are in massive debt with empty fields ready to be planted, workers waiting for paychecks, creditors waiting for payment, and hungry folks waiting to be fed.
Our farmers have no choice but to keep digging, growing, hoeing, and hoping.
We implore our elected leaders in the U.S. Senate and Congress to fight for the reinstatement of U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.
Your petition signature and comments will be delivered to the following West Virginia elected legislators: U.S. Senator Jim Justice (Republican), U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (Republican), U.S. House Congresswoman Carol Miller, West Virginia District 1 (Republican), and U.S. Congressman Riley Moore, U.S. House West Virginia District 2 (Republican).
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