<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);">Lawrence A. Parker</span><img alt=""><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Executive Director</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Akron Cooperative</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">234-525-0543</span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.akroncooperative.com/">http://www.akroncooperative.com/</a></span><br><br style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 127, 64); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.</span><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The
debate around the next farm bill is about to begin, and we need your
help! Earlier this month, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin
Peterson (D-MN) announced that he will be propelling the 2012 Farm
Bill into motion by holding the first hearings this spring.</span></p>
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<td><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We
are starting early to plan our part in advancing the direction of U.S.
farm and food policy to best serve farmers, ranchers and consumers. We
hope you’ll join us as we build off the gains of the last farm bill and
leverage the national focus on farms and food that has arisen over the
past two years. </span></td>
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<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Get ready for action on what could be the most significant legislation of the decade.</span></span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Take the first three steps down the road to Farm Bill 2012.</span></em></span></strong></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The 2012 Farm Bill Team<br>American Farmland Trust</span></span></strong></em></p>
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