Is Mainstream Agriculture Evil?
Did our great grandparents operate better?

A lot of folks think so. From radicals within the livestock industry to do-gooder activist groups to populist politicians in Washington, there are lots of people dedicated to a total destructive restructuring of modern American agriculture - supervised and controlled by them.

But there is a one-of-a-kind organization acting as vanguard and skirmisher defending mainstream American agriculture. This group does not replace existing trade associations. But it serves as the scout and blunt interpreter, the "sentinel," if you will, to warn the beef industry of what these groups are really about and how they could put you out of business.

The winner of accolades from hundreds of cattlemen, packers and retailers alike, this group needs your support to continue its undiplomatic, fact-based, plainspoken salvos in reply to the demagogues, the proponents of big government and the uninformed "do-gooders."

This group has been funded - on a confidential basis - by beef and pork industry people. These are the people who believe that consumers are our reason for existence and the source of our revenue. They believe our entire food production chain should be as free as possible to compete and cooperate as it sees fit, to innovate, improve and protect the quality and food safety interests of our customers.

The Agribusiness Freedom Foundation needs your help to continue the work we've outlined above. Our strategy of disseminating information and opinion over the internet has so far yielded:

• Over 1,000,000 reader impressions of the AFF Sentinel e-mail newsletter
• Over 800,000 page visits on the www.agribusinessfreedom.org website.
• Thousands of additional newsletter impressions from associations, companies and individuals who forward the Sentinel on to others.
• The attention of legislators, influential officials and lobbyists in Washington D.C.
• Articles in publications across the U.S. & Canada and the shaping of the thoughts of editorial writers and radio commentators

What we have done is arm the rational majority of producers and industry participants with facts and logical arguments they can use to form their opinions and influence others in the industry. That is how legislators' votes and agency opinions are shaped and our freedoms protected.

Please send us a check today or visit our website to use a credit card to make a contribution. And talk to some like-minded colleagues who share your understanding of the need and everyone's responsibility to fight for our freedoms.