National Farm-City Week, 1994

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Part IV

The President

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Proclamation 6757--National Farm-City Week

Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 222
Friday, November 18, 1994

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Title 3--
The President
Proclamation 6757 of November 16, 1994

National Farm-City Week, 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, 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.

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