Willie to Obama: Let’s go green with family farms

Filed under: Celebrities, Food, Health

What do strong local economies, green energy, healthy citizens, and good food all have in common? According to the Red Headed Stranger, they’re all a result of family farms. At least, that’s what will wrote in an open letter to President-elect Obama last week, urging him to promote family farming as an answer to the current environmental and economic crisis. From the letter:

“(The Good Food Movement) has grown and thrived almost entirely without the support of the federal government. However, now is the right moment for the leadership of our country to take a role in this important movement… We can have strong local economies, green energy, a clean environment, healthy citizens and good food. All of these start with family farmers. I look forward to working with you to make this vision of a family farm system of agriculture a reality.”

Look, I’m not trying

to portray Willie Nelson as a hippie nutcase who believes that family farming and industrialized hemp are a panacea to all of the world’s ills. If don’t drink the same Kool-Aid that Willie does, fine — you can at least admire his commitment to resurrecting the agricultural way of life in the US. Unlike most celebs and their short-lived pet projects, Willie has been helping ag families since 1985 with Farm Aid.

[via Ecorazzi]

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