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We were happy to see Food Democracy Now’s Dave Murphy featured by Jane Black in the Washington Post.

Remember the Food Democracy Now petition for the “sustainable 6” for Secretary of Agriculture, that in just a few short weeks garnered 87,000 signatures?  That was created by Dave Murphy.  Were you floored with his foresight and flexibility in morphing the petition into a “sustainable dozen,” once the Secretary of Ag was spoken for?  Riding the momentum and creating a longer list that had two of the eventual appointees on it?  We were.

Check out the article here.