National Farm-City Week, 2000

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7379 of November 16, 2000

National Farm-City Week, 2000

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Since our earliest days as a Nation, farmers have
tilled the rich soil of this great land, feeding their
families, our country, and people around the world.
While America has changed from an agricultural to an
industrial society, the American farm has remained a
vital thread in the fabric of our national life.
Farmers and ranchers exemplify the values on which our
country was founded--hard work, faith, family, and
devotion to community and to the land--and they have
made American agriculture a leading global industry and
a source of pride for our Nation.

By providing their fellow Americans with an abundant
supply of safe, high-quality food and fiber, our
country's farmers and ranchers help sustain a quality
of life that is unmatched around the world. In this new
century, their role is becoming even more important as
they strive to meet the challenge of feeding the
world's people while preserving our fertile land, clean
water, and other precious natural resources.

Farmers and ranchers, however, do not accomplish these
crucial tasks alone. Farm workers, shippers,
inspectors, processors, agribusiness companies,
marketers, grocers, and many others play vital roles in
the extraordinary productivity of America's
agricultural industry. These farm-city partnerships
strengthen our free enterprise system and remind us
that the talents, energy, and hard work of millions of
Americans have contributed to the unprecedented
prosperity we enjoy today.

This week, as we gather with our families in thanks for
the bounty bestowed upon us, let us remember with
gratitude the hardworking men and women in rural and
urban communities who devote their lives to producing,
processing, and delivering the world's safest, most
abundant supply of food and fiber.

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 November 17 through November
23, 2000, as National Farm-City Week. I call upon all
Americans, in rural and urban communities alike, to
join in recognizing the achievements of all those who
work together to promote America's agricultural
abundance.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.