An Important Decision - Secretary of Agriculture

In the next few days, President-elect Obama will be naming a new Secretary of Agriculture. This is a very important decision -- whoever Obama appoints will have a lot of influence over the policies that affect our farms and our food.

Will it be agribusiness and factory farming as usual or real change that supports family farmers and advances a healthier, more sustainable way of feeding our population and caring for our land?

Please sign the short petition at http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/ to urge him to choose one of six great candidates (they've been endorsed by all the right people, in my opinion.)

And please sign it now, before it's too late to influence Obama's decision.

I know I have not provided much background info so if you'd like more details, check out the recent New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof on this topic at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/opinion/11kristof.html

Thanks!
-Eve