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Friends,

We're running out of time, we need 100,000 signatures before Vilsack is confirmed to send the message that sustainable agriculture is critical to America's future.

Now that the Secretary of Agriculture has been selected, it's more important than ever that we send our message to Washington. Today's farmers need a serious voice for sustainable change at the USDA. Help Food Democracy Now! send in the Sustainable Dozen.

Food Democracy Now! has created a list of 12 candidates for the crucial Under Secretary positions that will stand up for safe, healthy food, clear air and water, animal welfare and soil preservation. These 12 candidates have spent their lives fighting for family farmers and we're calling them the Sustainable Dozen. Help us send them to Washington.

Due to your help, in just three weeks, more than 60,000 Americans joined Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, Alice Waters, Marion Nestle, Frances Moore Lappé, and Eric Schlosser calling for a sustainable USDA.

We need your help to continue to spread the word to your friends and colleagues to reach our goal of 100,000 signatures before the Inauguration!

If you've already signed the petition, please Forward this message to 3 friends who care about these issues to help us reach our goal of 100,000 Americans for a sustainable food system for the 21st century.

Once the Secretary of Agriculture is confirmed, we will deliver this letter with your signature to him and President Obama in Washington DC.

Currently we are MORE THAN 60,000 voices strong. Please help keep this conversation going. Through our collective efforts, this letter has successfully reached "the right people" in Washington and we need to continue this vital work to create a future that we can ALL BELIEVE IN.

If you can, help make a small donation to help keep this grassroots effort going.

From all of us at Food Democracy Now! — Have a Happy, Sustainable New Year!

Best,
David Murphy
Food Democracy Now!