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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Dear
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Is
supporting your local farmer by visiting your farmers market, CSA, food
coop, or other local food source important to you?<BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Well,
this is an exceptional opportunity to make sure your local farmers have
the resources they need to continue to grow the local food
economy.<BR><BR>All you have to do is write a short note today – and you
can make a big difference for local and regional food systems all across
this country.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is
asking the public to comment on a proposed rule that, if adopted, would
direct Farm Credit System lending associations to be more responsive to
the credit needs of small and mid-sized farmers and ranchers producing for
local and regional food markets.
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana">The
Farm Credit Administration is the federally chartered agency that oversees
the nationwide network of locally-controlled and borrower-owned
cooperative lending associations that make up the Farm Credit System
(FCS). <B>FCS supplies nearly 40% of all U.S. farm financing and has the
capacity to provide millions of dollars in capital and technical
assistance to local food producers, and to leverage other sources of
capital for the task of rebuilding our local and regional food system
infrastructure.</B><BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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capital to small and mid-sized farmers and ranchers producing for the
local and regional market.</B></A><BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN
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