Agriculture/Rural

Bush -
Bush-Cheney '04 Chairman Marc Racicot announced the Bush-Cheney '04 National Farm & Ranch Steering Committee, Las Vegas, NV - March 3, 2004
 

Kerry - Campaign Website:  Agriculture

Kucinich - Campaign Website: Farm Policy
Announced Ag. Policy in Iowa - June 1, 2003
 

Nader - Campaign Website: Agriculture Policy
 
 

Dean - Campaign Website: Restoring Rural America
Speech: "The Great American Restoration: Restoring Rural Communities and Preserving the Family Farm," Grundy County Lake, Dike, Iowa - Aug. 13, 2003

Edwards - Campaign Website: Revitalizing Rural America
Speech on Revitalizing Rural America, Biomass Energy Conversion (BECON) Center, Nevada, Iowa - May 21, 2003

Gephardt - Campaign Website: Agriculture and Rural Communities
Speech: "Growing America's Agricultural Economy," Bell farm in Prole, Iowa - Sept. 22, 2003

Graham - Campaign Website: Agriculture

Lieberman -
Moseley Braun -
Sharpton -
 

Five Democratic presidential candidates -- Kerry, Dean, Gephardt, Kucinich, and Braun -- participated in the National Summit on Agriculture and Rural Life held in Des Moines, Iowa on November 15, 2003.  The event was hosted by the League of Rural Voters and sponsored by KUNI (audio files).

General Links
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Farmers Union
Center for Rural Affairs
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
House Committee on Agriculture
League of Rural Voters
 

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