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		<title>A Call to Arms for &#8220;Contemporary Agriculture&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE &#8212; Steve Brown of Capital Press quotes president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Bob Stallman as issuing a call to arms to counter criticism of conventional agriculture: &#8220;It is up to us to share the strength of our character and the tradition of our values with our fellow citizens,&#8221; Stallman said at the annual meeting Jan. 10 in Seattle. &#8220;But a line must be drawn between our polite and respectful engagement with consumers and the way we must aggressively respond to extremists who want to drag agriculture back to the days of 40 acres and a mule.&#8221; Stallman described how the media, through films, magazine articles and undercover videos have turned public opinion against what he calls &#8220;contemporary agriculture.&#8221; The Capital Press article says Stallman wants farmers and ranchers to adopt a new attitude, to resist the &#8220;self-appointed and self-promoting food experts&#8221; who seek to damage the reputation of traditional agricultural values. &#8220;To those who expect to just roll over America&#8217;s farm and ranch families,&#8221; Stallman said, &#8220;my only message is this: The circumstances have changed.&#8221; The Capital Press article doesn&#8217;t elaborate on what Stallman suggests farmers and ranchers actually do. Tom Laskawy of the Grist website gives [...]]]></description>
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