10,000 US Farmers & Ranchers Support A Green New Deal, Renewable Fridays, 9/18

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'Gizmodo: Farmers and Ranchers Just Came Together to Support the Green New Deal.' Sept. 18, 19. A national coalition of some 10,000 farmers and ranchers have come together to support a Green New Deal. Some members came together outside the Capitol on Wednesday to announce the launch of Farmers and Ranchers for a Green New Deal. The group will lobby Congress, educate consumers, and work with communities to ensure that the transition away from fossil fuels and toward a green economy covers their food and nutritional needs.

This represents a major step in building rural support for the Green New Deal. The GOP likes to paint the Green New Deal as liberal lunacy, but if more people in the Midwest or more traditionally Republican states can get on board, well, the GOP may finally STFU. Moreover, the agriculture sector make up 9 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions so it will have to be part of any climate solution.
“Now is the time for solutions, not supporting the status quo,” Sherri Dugger, coalition co-chair and Indiana-based farmer, said during the announcement. “I care about the climate. I care about food security. I care about the world and what we’re leaving behind for our children.” More, https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127132250