[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59885-59886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-28771]


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Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 6757--National Farm-City Week


                        Presidential Documents 


Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 222
Friday, November 18, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
                Proclamation 6757 of November 16, 1994

 

National Farm-City Week, 1994

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Agricultural industries, from farming itself to the 
                retail selling of farm products, constitute the largest 
                sector of the American economy and account for 16 
                percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. Our 
                Nation's food and fiber industry has had an 
                immeasurable impact on America's culture, lifestyle, 
                and tradition. As we enjoy the benefits of another rich 
                harvest, it is important that we pay tribute to 
                production agriculture as a central aspect of American 
                life. That is why, since 1956, National Farm-City Week 
                has been celebrated in the busy time just before and 
                including Thanksgiving Day.

                Americans are blessed with an abundance of wholesome 
                and economical food and fiber, but we often do not 
                fully appreciate the complexity of food production. 
                Today, our Nation's farm-to-market system uses 
                technically advanced tools that enable our farmers to 
                feed and clothe 260 million Americans and millions more 
                overseas each year.

                From Alaska to New York, from Hawaii to the southern 
                tip of Florida, American farms yield a remarkable 
                variety of crops. These products bring economic 
                stability to farm families and rural communities, who 
                in turn work to implement the latest conservation 
                measures to safeguard and improve the environment for 
                the generations to come.

                America's farmers are helped by countless other 
                professionals who advertise, develop, forecast, 
                inspect, market, purchase, regulate, report, research, 
                and transport value-added food and fiber throughout the 
                country and around the world. This farm-city connection 
                and these millions of individuals provide 1 in every 6 
                jobs in the United States, assisting and enhancing the 
                efforts of our 2 million farmers every day.

                It is fitting that we reflect on the importance and 
                strength of agriculture in our society. The 
                interdependency between the farm and city forms a 
                solid, vital link connecting agricultural producers and 
                professionals of all kinds. It allows the United States 
                to maintain its leadership role as a source for both 
                raw and value-added goods around the world.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim the week of November 18 
                through November 24, 1994, as ``National Farm-City 
                Week.''

                I encourage all Americans, on our farms and in our 
                cities alike, to recognize the accomplishments of our 
                farmers and of all those who work together to produce 
                the abundance of agricultural foods and fibers that 
                strengthen and enrich the United States.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and nineteenth.


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[FR Doc. 94-28771
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