Write to Farmer latter Topic Covid-19.
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Last summer I traveled to Northern Italy to visit several farms and our Syngenta office in Milan. Anyone who has made the trip by train from Basel to Milan knows it is stunning. Beneath huge mountains, deep blue mountain lakes were dotted by sailboats gliding through the summer light. After a night in Milan we traveled across Lombardy and Piedmont, with their expanses of rolling hills and rich farmland, famous for the production of grapes and hazelnuts.
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This is a strange and difficult time. We are all concerned about what the coronavirus pandemic means for our health, our livelihoods, our food system, and our communities, both in the short and long term. There is still a great deal of uncertainty, but National Farmers Union’s staff is, as always, dedicated to making sure that our members have the information, resources, and support they need.
For the time being, our priority is to inform legislators and the administration of the current and expected needs of Farmers Union members and their communities. We are actively working with agricultural leaders and other organizations to minimize disruptions to agricultural supply chains and markets. We have also called on the administration to take swift action to ensure an adequate agricultural workforce is available. Most urgently, we are reaching out to a broad coalition of food, farm, rural, health, and community organizations to guarantee that the rural health care system is equipped to meet the needs of every patient. In the coming weeks and months, we will continue to closely monitor the situation and will advocate for food security for all American consumers and financial security for family farmers and ranchers.