[farmfriend]

Please do not interpret my posting of Grange news as support for the content. It may or may not be. There is a deep divide between the Granges on the west coast and the Granges on the east coast. That said, the Kelly farm is the homestead of one of the Grange's founding fathers, hence our interest in keeping it open. (personally, I think this should be done through private donations) Founded in 1867, the Grange is the oldest general farm and public policy organization in the United States. The Grange brought you anti-trust laws, free rural mail delivery and rural electrification.

If you check out my posting history, you will see that I am all in favor of the free market in agriculture. I just don't think that it is feasiable at this time. I advocate moving to a free market system for environmental conservation that would allow us to move into a free market for agriculture as well. Keeping government from interfering in both is the only way to go.

[Dataman]

I don't live that far from the farm. Shut it down. If it needs to exist, support it, like you said, with private donations.

[Valin]

That said, the Kelly farm is the homestead of one of the Grange's founding fathers, hence our interest in keeping it open.(personally, I think this should be done through private donations)

If the Grange has an interest in the Kelly Farm then they should buy it and run it as they see fit.
I would be more than happy to contact my state representatives and let them know my thoughts on this "vital" issue but given the fact that they are both somewhere to the left of Barbara Boxer I doubt they would listen.

No Flame intended.