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October 10, 2024
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One Country Project Releases Platform to Bolster the Agriculture and Energy Industries and Recognize Rural Workers
In third of six Rural Playbook releases, OCP outlines policies that recognize the contributions from rural workers and producers and move us forward through modernizing industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, One Country Project (OCP) released new policy points of its 2024 Rural Playbook. The Rural Playbook equips Democrats in rural areas with critical facts and talking points to connect with rural voters. The third of six editions, Agriculture and Energy, shares how delivering a Farm Bill, expanding clean energy investments, growing our rural education opportunities for the next generation, and creating a space for equity are winning issues that can ensure rural workers are supported and continue to prosper.
Rural America needs a Farm Bill that improves quality of life by improving access to health care, lowering costs for working families, investing in economic development and education, and diversifying the rural economy to create more jobs. The GOP platform’s insistence on destroying nutrition programs and opposing a clean energy transition is extremely harmful to family farmers and smaller producers.
“Rural workers and producers deserve to be recognized and supported for their contributions to America’s economy,” said OCP founder and former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp. “Expanding clean energy investments, growing our rural education opportunities, and creating space for equity, ensure hardworking Americans are set up for success as they are the backbone of rural America’s economics.”
In Agriculture and Energy, One Country Project outlines talking points that support:
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Passing a 5-year Farm Bill and putting rural Americans first;
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Clean energy, and ensuring America has abundant renewable energy options;
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Modern electrical grid, a system that can handle energy production and energy demands of the coming decades; and
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Cooperative Extension Service, programs that educate millions of children every year and create a future workforce in agriculture and natural resources.
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Rural America holds an essential role in moving the United States forward and the One Country Project is dedicated to ensuring rural America’s priorities and values are heard and reflected in policy at the federal level. To learn more, visit us at www.onecountryproject.com or on Twitter or Facebook.