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<blockquote data-quote="Kathie in Thorp" data-source="post: 853476" data-attributes="member: 16769"><p>Well, I sent an email Bill Gates today, to see if he and the Mrs. and/or their foundation might be able to help food producers right here in the USA. I don't know if anyone else on this board would like to do so, but this link will tell you how to contact them: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4670289_write-bill-gates.html" target="_blank">http://www.ehow.com/how_4670289_write-bill-gates.html</a></p><p></p><p>I figured, "Can't hurt -- might help," and this is the email I sent to Gates' personal email address and to his foundation (sans my personal contact info at the end):</p><p></p><p>Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gates:</p><p></p><p>"I don't write this for myself and I don't presume to suggest how you should spend your money. I'll try to keep it short and simple. </p><p></p><p>I know you help many, many people -- including many NOT in this country trying to eak a living out of their land. We have big, big trouble right here in the USA with drought in TX and OK, and farms/ranches that have had virtually no rain for almost a year. Their pastures are shot; they can't grow hay; they can't grow grain crops. Many have been forced to sell out; many are almost at that point. And many of those ranching families have been in the business for generations. Trucking feed to them is incredibly expensive. And with floods in the Midwest (and those folks are hurting, too), grain crops will also be very expensive for many beef, pork and poultry producers this year. Please check some of the cattle websites: CATTLETODAY.COM, and there are others -- look at their stories. </p><p></p><p>If there was any way you could help those grass-roots USA food producers, OMG, that would be so huge!! Thank you."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathie in Thorp, post: 853476, member: 16769"] Well, I sent an email Bill Gates today, to see if he and the Mrs. and/or their foundation might be able to help food producers right here in the USA. I don't know if anyone else on this board would like to do so, but this link will tell you how to contact them: [url=http://www.ehow.com/how_4670289_write-bill-gates.html]http://www.ehow.com/how_4670289_write-bill-gates.html[/url] I figured, "Can't hurt -- might help," and this is the email I sent to Gates' personal email address and to his foundation (sans my personal contact info at the end): Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gates: "I don't write this for myself and I don't presume to suggest how you should spend your money. I'll try to keep it short and simple. I know you help many, many people -- including many NOT in this country trying to eak a living out of their land. We have big, big trouble right here in the USA with drought in TX and OK, and farms/ranches that have had virtually no rain for almost a year. Their pastures are shot; they can't grow hay; they can't grow grain crops. Many have been forced to sell out; many are almost at that point. And many of those ranching families have been in the business for generations. Trucking feed to them is incredibly expensive. And with floods in the Midwest (and those folks are hurting, too), grain crops will also be very expensive for many beef, pork and poultry producers this year. Please check some of the cattle websites: CATTLETODAY.COM, and there are others -- look at their stories. If there was any way you could help those grass-roots USA food producers, OMG, that would be so huge!! Thank you." [/QUOTE]
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