Amazing partnerships are one of our greatest blessings
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, November 25, 2009
This Thanksgiving Day as we gather with family and friends to count our blessings, let’s give thanks for the bounty we enjoy not just on this holiday but every day. The safe, plentiful food available to us and the products used to produce the clothing, housing, medicines, fuel and other products we use on a daily basis don’t just appear in a store. They got there thanks to a tremendous partnership of farmers and ranchers, processors, brokers, truckers, shippers, advertisers, wholesalers and retailers.
In appreciation of this farm-city partnership, the president of the United States annually proclaims this week National Farm-City Week.
Rural and urban residents are partners in progress who produce the products, consume the products and make more available through an efficient production and marketing chain. Farmers and ranchers are just the beginning of the chain. Farm workers, researchers, processors, shippers, truck drivers, inspectors, wholesalers, agribusinesses, marketers, advertisers, retailers and consumers all play important roles in the incredible productivity that has made our nation’s food and fiber system the envy of the world.
Let’s remember the vital farm-city partnerships that have done so much to improve the quality of our lives. For this, we can give thanks.
Jo Brister
Farm Bureau
Women’s Chair
Redwood