<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div class="msg2078740554877981042"><div style="background-color:transparent;margin:0;padding:0">AUA community:</div><div style="background-color:transparent;margin:0;padding:0"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent;margin:0;padding:0"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color:transparent"><tbody><tr><td><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table class="m_2078740554877981042row-content m_2078740554877981042stack" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color:#000;width:900px" width="900"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2078740554877981042column" width="100%" style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:transparent;word-break:break-word">I wanted to let you know that </span><span style="background-color:transparent">the Illinois General Assembly House Agriculture Committee is convening a Subject Matter Hearing on Tuesday to investigate the impacts of the USDA funding freeze, tariffs, and the delayed farm bill on our state's agriculture and food system.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"> </p><p style="margin:0">
This is an important opportunity for farmers and food system leaders to testify to their experience, especially with the IL EATs program.</p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px"> </p><p style="margin:0"><strong>House Agriculture Committee Subject Matter Hearing</strong><br>Tuesday, March 11 at 2pm<br>Illinois State Capitol (or virtual online) in Springfield<br>
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My colleagues and I will help coordinate farmers and the local food community to share our stories and experiences in an impactful way on Tuesday.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">
This hearing is an important step to draw attention to the federal issues impacting our farm businesses, families and communities. It is one action to help urge USDA to unfreeze important federal programs that are important to local food producers, like IL EATs and RFSI.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">
<strong>Farmers and food system leaders are also encouraged to attend in person with us at the Capitol to show support, even if you do not plan to testify.</strong></p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">
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We anticipate also being able to provide you with a livestream of the hearing.</p><p style="margin:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">Thank you,<br>Liz Moran Stelk</p><p style="margin:0">Executive Director</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table class="m_2078740554877981042row-content m_2078740554877981042stack" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-radius:0;color:#000;width:900px" width="900"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2078740554877981042column" width="100%" style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td><table class="m_2078740554877981042row-content m_2078740554877981042stack" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="color:#000;width:900px" width="900"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2078740554877981042column" width="100%" style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td><div style="font-family:sans-serif">
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