Powerful testimony from a farmer's daughter with her dad who met privately with @BernieSanders

[Donkees]

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Today, is something I will never forget. I, in reality am a "nobody" in this world and I accept that. I am just a farmers daughter. But today I, and a handful of other farmers from around Iowa had the chance to sit down with Senator Bernie Sanders in a private room and convey our concerns surrounding the direction of agriculture. And he listened hard, long, and good. The industrial agriculture model is only working for the monopolistic corporations. It is not working for many farmers across this country. We need the power delivered back in the hands of the farmers and consumers. Not the corporations we are all beholden to now. We need food security for 100's of years to come, we need crop diversity, we need competitive markets for farmers, we need kids to come back to the farms, we need to revitalize our rural towns, we need sustainability and we need not to poison our land, air, water, and food. It has to start somewhere people, no matter the candidate, the conversation HAS. TO. START. SOMEWHERE. And today, was a good beginning to the start of an open and honest conversation about the direction of all of our futures, farmers and consumers alike.

[Uncle Joe]

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Thanks for the thread Donkees.