    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 46 (Monday, November 21, 1994)]
    [Pages 2408-2409]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Proclamation 6757--National Farm-City Week, 1994

    November 16, 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,

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    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.
                                                William J. Clinton

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:22 a.m., November 17,
    1994]

    Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
    November 18.