Subject: Off to a Strong Start
From: "Farmers Feeding the World" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:13:34 -0500 (EST)

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Farmers F=eding the World Off to a Strong Start

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What we've accomplished. The Farm Journal Foundation launched Farmers Feeding the=World just over a year ago, with a mission of rallying American agricultur= around the fight against hunger and educating consumers and policymakers =bout the crucial role modern agriculture plays in feeding a hungry world. =o accomplish this mission, Farmers Feeding the World is providing assistan=e to partner organizations battling domestic and global hunger through imm=diate aid and agricultural development. Additionally, the campaign has hit=the road with a mobile educational exhibit that travels to widely attended=events around the country, spreading the word to American consumers and po=icymakers about what farmers already know: that we will need to produce mo=e food with fewer resources to meet the food security challenges of the 21=t century. Read More.<=font>

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GROWMARK Joins F=rmers Feeding the World with Multiyear Agreement
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Earlier this month, Farm Journ=l Foundation's Farmers Feeding the World initiative announced that GROWMAR=, a regional cooperative providing agriculture-related products and servic=s, as well as grain marketing, in 31 states and Ontario, Canada, has enter=d into a multiyear agreement to support the initiative. As a supporter of =armers Feeding the World, GROWMARK joins other organizations, companies an= hundreds of farmers and ranchers across the U.S. in rallying American agr=culture in the war to end hunger. Read More=/em>.
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&n=sp; January 31

Tomorrow's Top Producer -- In correlation with the To= Producer Seminar, Top Producer will host a one-day Tomorrow's Top Produce= event, aimed at producers age 35 and younger, in Chicago, Ill.
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Top Producer Seminar -- Far=ers Feeding the World will have a booth at the Top Producer Seminar in Chi=ago, Ill. The annual Top Producer Seminar is where the nation's 800 top-pe=forming producers gather to discuss marketing, management and money.
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Stay tuned for the &qu=t;Meet the Freshman Roundtable," co-hosted by Farmers Feeding the Wor=d and Agri-Pulse and webcast on Agweb.com and Agri-Pulse.com. We'll chat f=ce-to-face with a panel of members of the U.S. House of Representatives' f=eshman class. Date and time TBD.

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American to Head World Food Program
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The United Nations announced on Jan. 16 the appo=ntment of Ertharin Cousin, an American with a varied career in corporate, =onprofit and government affairs, as the next head of the Rome-based World =ood Program (WFP). Cousin, a stalwart of the U.S. Democratic Party who is =ow U.S. ambassador to U.N. food agencies in Rome, will succeed Josette She=ran, also of the United States, who has held the post since 2007. Read More.
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Bill Gates Releases 2012 Ann=al Letter, Calls for Greater Investment in Agricultural Innovation<=p>
On Jan. 24, Bill Gates re=eased his 2012 annual letter, which he described as "an argument for =aking the choice to keep on helping extremely poor people build self-suffi=iency." In the letter, he identifies innovation as the key to deliver=ng efficient solutions to urgent problems and improving the world. Gates c=lls on policymakers and the general public to support innovative aid to ad=ress global issues, namely food security, global health and education. He =ites vaccines, AIDS drugs and disease-resistant seeds as examples of innov=tions that are important to development. Read More.
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