[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 21, 1995)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28628]



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                Proclamation 6851 of November 15, 1995

                
National Farm-City Week, 1995

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                When America was a new country, farms were many and 
                small. Farmers and their families used most of what 
                they produced, and the rest was usually sold locally. 
                Even in 1862, when Abraham Lincoln created the 
                Department of Agriculture, 60 percent of our labor 
                force gained their livelihood on the farm.

                Today, while less than 2 percent of American workers 
                are actually employed on farms, thanks to new 
                approaches and advanced technologies, our farmers feed 
                not only the people of the United States, but also much 
                of the world. Agriculture remains our Nation's number 
                one industry, generating $1 trillion in economic 
                activity every year--over 15 percent of our gross 
                domestic product--and it is our largest employer, 
                providing 21 million jobs.

                This prosperity is due in large part to farm-city 
                partnerships. From the sowing of crops to the 
                purchasing of food and fiber in urban supermarkets, a 
                network of farmers, agribusiness industries, carriers 
                and shippers, scientists, retail distributors, and 
                consumers has cooperated to ensure that our food supply 
                is safe, affordable, and nutritious. As we gather with 
                family and friends during this special week, let us 
                give thanks for the blessings of our lives, for 
                America's agricultural richness, and for the 
                collaboration among rural and urban communities that 
                makes so much of this bounty possible.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in my by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim November 17 through November 
                23, 1995, as National Farm-City Week. I call upon 
                citizens in urban, suburban, and rural areas throughout 
                the Nation to acknowledge the achievements of those who 
                work together to promote America's agricultural 
                abundance.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 95-28628
Filed 11-20-95; 11:47 am]
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