[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 47 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Pages 1650-1651]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7737--National Farm-City Week, 2003

November 19, 2003

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    During National Farm-City Week, Americans honor the hard work of the 
men and women who earn a living from the land, and

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we recognize the importance of their partnerships with urban 
communities.
    Our farmers and ranchers face many challenges, including weather, 
crop disease, and uncertain pricing. Yet with hard work and a love of 
the land, they have helped America build the most productive 
agricultural economy in the world. This industry generates 16 percent of 
America's Gross Domestic Product and employs 17 percent of our 
workforce.
    Our farmers and ranchers build and sustain this industry with the 
help of others. While farmers and ranchers manage almost half of our 
Nation's land, they need processors, shippers, retailers, food service 
providers, and many others to move their products from the farm to the 
homes of Americans and people around the world. As these cooperative 
networks provide us with food, clothing, and energy, they help to create 
a prosperous future for America and the world.
    As we celebrate National Farm-City Week, I urge citizens to learn 
more about the American farm-city partnership and how it strengthens our 
country.
    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 21 through 
November 27, 2003, as National Farm-City Week. I encourage all Americans 
to join in recognizing the hard work, entrepreneurship, and ingenuity of 
those who produce and promote America's agricultural goods.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day 
of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
eighth.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 20, 
2003]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on 
November 21.