[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.