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Constituents to Senators Boxer and...Press Advisory<br /><br />Constituents to Senators Boxer and Feinstein: <br />Don’t Cut our Farm Bill Programs<br /><br />Local Farmers, Policymakers, Farm Bill Grant Recipients<br /> Rally California Senators for Support<br /><br /><br />What: A rally to protect programs that support local food, sustainable agriculture and California’s family farms. These programs are threatened by budget cuts to be debated by Senators Boxer and Feinstein in the coming weeks. Media will have access to affected stakeholders, government representatives and prominent advocates at an event on a working urban farm. <br /><br />Where: Hayes Valley Farm<br /> 450 Laguna (between Oak and Fell)<br /> San Francisco<br /><br />When: Thursday, April 28th, 12 noon<br /><br />Who: Speakers will include San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi; Anna Hillgruber Smith Clark, Governor of the Slow Food Bay Area chapters; cattle rancher Moira Burke of Agricola grass-fed beef, Dixon; Ariane Michas, Local Food Systems Manager with Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF); and Adam Scow, California Campaigns Director of Food & Water Watch. <br /><br />Visuals: Photo and video ops include rally attendees with signs, community members working on an urban farm, speakers addressing the crowd. Speakers will be available for interviews. <br /><br />Contact: Elanor Starmer, Food & Water Watch, cell 603-986-5127, e-mail estarmer@fwwatch.org. <br /><br /><br />###Azizahttp://bayareagreenlife.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com