Dear Supporter,

What’s scarier than a food system built on industrial mega-farms that’s rigged to favor corporations and processed junk over family farmers and healthy local food?  Not much.

Last month, Congress left town just as the current farm bill expired, leaving critical farm programs high and dry with no funding – and dodging the chance to make real reforms and an investment in an equitable, sustainable future for food and farms in America.

On Halloween, ghosts, ghouls, and goblins should be scary – not a buried farm bill!

These are scary times for American agriculture.  We have no farm bill, no extension, and no guarantee that Congress will work on a bill when they return to Washingon, DC in November.  We need to make it clear that we will not end 2012 without a farm bill that invests in an equitable, sustainable future for food and farms.  Join us in telling Congress they need to get a bill done, and get it done right.

When Congress returns after Election Day we’ll be here in DC – with thousands of signatures in hand – telling them we need a 2012 Farm Bill that:

• Invests in the future of healthy farms, food, and people
• Protects our precious air, soil, and water, and
• Reforms farm subsidies and levels the playing field.

Join over 5,000 farmers, ranchers, and concerned citizens – sign on today!

Thank you for all you do,

The NSAC grassroots team, Sarah and Shavaun

P.S.  We need YOU to help us reach 50,000 signatures!  You can help by sharing this message via email, Facebook, and Twitter with your friends, family, and colleagues!