[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 1997)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31218]



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The President





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 Proclamation 7053--National Farm-City Week, 1997

 Proclamation 7054--National Family Week, 1997

 Proclamation 7055--National Family Caregivers Week, 1997
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                Proclamation 7053 of November 21, 1997

                
National Farm-City Week, 1997

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                When Americans sit down to a meal each day, we 
                sometimes take for granted the quality and variety of 
                the food we eat. Our grocery stores, supermarkets, and 
                restaurants offer us an enormous volume and selection 
                of fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, and other 
                food items, but we too often forget the hardworking men 
                and women whose skill and effort put that food on our 
                tables.

                Strengthening our economy and providing food for people 
                around the world, American agriculture is a leading 
                global industry and a source of pride for our Nation. 
                While producing an abundance of safe and affordable 
                food and fiber, America's farmers and ranchers also 
                provide a rich source of jobs in the United States. 
                American agriculture employs more than 21 million 
                people today, and agriculture-related industries 
                continue to expand, pumping a trillion dollars into the 
                American economy each year.

                During the earliest days of our Nation, most of the 
                crops farmers grew were used to feed their families or 
                local consumers. Today, through advances in technology 
                and marketing and through partnerships with 
                agribusiness industries, research scientists, carriers, 
                shippers, and retail distributors, America's farmers 
                produce enough food and fiber to help meet the needs of 
                people around the globe.

                This week, as Americans gather with family and friends 
                around the dinner table to give thanks for their many 
                blessings, it is fitting that we count among those 
                blessings the vital farm-city partnerships that have 
                done so much to improve the quality of our lives. Rural 
                and urban communities, working together to make the 
                most of America's rich agricultural resources, continue 
                to contribute immensely to the health and well-being of 
                our people and to the vigor of our national economy.

                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 November 21 through November 
                27, 1997, as National Farm-City Week. I call upon 
                citizens in urban and rural areas throughout the Nation 
                to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of all 
                those who, working together, produce an abundance of 
                agricultural products that strengthen and enrich our 
                country.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 97-31218
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