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I worry about the demise of the family farm. Local food is important to a healthy populace and a healthy economy. But the family farm gives us much more than locally grown meat, milk, grain and produce. It produces young people who are grounded in good work ethics, respect for the soil AND the community.

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I am a retired university professor, community volunteer, wife, mother grandmother, a woman of accomplishment and not a feminist in the way that many describe feminism. There are various ways to describe feminism and the only one with which I identify is the one that stresses the need for equal opportunities for all...for girls and boys, for people of all hues and ethnicities and social classes and al religious persuasions. Women ARE capable and deserve choices about the direction that their lives take.

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