National Farm-City Week, 2003

Proclamation 7737 of November 19, 2003

National Farm-City Week, 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 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.

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