[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57643-57644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28806]


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                Proclamation 7501 of November 13, 2001

                
National Farm-City Week, 2001

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As fall harvesting occurs and Americans gather with 
                family and friends during Thanksgiving to share holiday 
                meals, we celebrate our Nation's farmers and ranchers 
                who provide us with abundant agricultural products, and 
                we recognize all of those who help get those food 
                products from the farm to our tables.

                The American agricultural industry is the leading 
                global provider of food. Its remarkable rates of 
                production are a continuing tribute to the ingenuity, 
                diligence, and creativity of our country's farmers and 
                ranchers. But agriculture is not just one industry 
                among many--it is the very heart of our economy. The 
                aggregate output of our food industry is unparalleled 
                in human history. This enormous production makes 
                farmers and ranchers key contributors to the collective 
                wealth of our country. Their extraordinary efforts 
                produce foodstuffs not just for our land but for the 
                world, and they are driven by the American virtues of 
                independence, industry, innovation, and sacrifice.

                Our Nation's farmers and ranchers depend upon a complex 
                chain of interrelationships with urban workers to get 
                their products to national and world markets. Shippers, 
                processors, marketers, tradespeople, grocers, truck 
                drivers, food service providers, inspectors, 
                researchers, and scientists are all part of the formula 
                that feeds our land and the world. These urban/
                agriculture partnerships serve as catalysts for our 
                overall commercial success; and their continued 
                development is essential to sustaining our prosperity.

                As we reflect upon the important role these 
                partnerships play in the strength and success of our 
                great Nation, we remember those who devote their lives 
                to meeting an essential national and worldwide need. We 
                are blessed by our agricultural abundance, by the 
                committed and caring farmers and ranchers who strive to 
                provide all we need to feed our people and the people 
                of the world, and by all of those who help accomplish 
                this important undertaking.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 16 through November 
                22, 2001, as National Farm-City Week. I call upon all 
                Americans, in rural and urban communities alike, to 
                join in recognizing the accomplishments of our farms 
                and ranches, and the hard-working individuals who 
                produce an abundance of affordable, quality 
                agricultural goods that strengthen and enrich our 
                country.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

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[FR Doc. 01-28806
Filed 11-14-01; 9:35 am]
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