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National Farmers Union Awards Boyda Highest Honor for Agriculture Leadership
09/18/07GOLDEN TRIANGLE AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT SERVICE ON ISSUES AFFECTING RURAL AMERICA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Farmers Union (NFU) has awarded the 2007 NFU Golden Triangle Award to Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture and an outspoken advocate for independent farmers and ranchers.
The Golden Triangle is the NFU's highest honor for government service. It is awarded annually to members of Congress who demonstrate outstanding leadership on issues affecting independent farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
Congresswoman Boyda said, "The 2007 Farm Bill represents a tremendous amount of hard, bipartisan work in the Agriculture Committee. I'm thrilled that the Committee was able to maintain commodities and the farm safety net in a Congress where over 80% of the members are from urban and suburban districts, and we owe much of our success to the support of farmers and ranchers nationwide."
In announcing the recipients of the 2007 Golden Triangle Award, NFU President Tom Buis said, "These men and women are true advocates for those who live, work and raise their families in rural America. I thank them for their leadership."
The National Farmers Union was founded in 1902 in Point, Texas, and has now grown to a membership of 250,000 farm and ranch families, with organized chapters in 32 states. NFU continues its original mission to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers and ranchers and their rural communities.
The Golden Triangle Award is based on NFU's symbol – a triangle with "legislation" and "cooperation" forming the sides and "education" the base. The Golden Triangle Awards have been presented annually since established in 1988.
Recipients this year were chosen for their leadership on an assortment of issues that affect rural and agronomic America. Those issues included support for a farm bill that addresses the challenges and opportunities in rural America, implementing mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL), the promotion and production of fuels from the farm, protecting the nation’s food supply, and support for emergency weather-related disaster assistance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Farmers Union (NFU) has awarded the 2007 NFU Golden Triangle Award to Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture and an outspoken advocate for independent farmers and ranchers.
The Golden Triangle is the NFU's highest honor for government service. It is awarded annually to members of Congress who demonstrate outstanding leadership on issues affecting independent farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
Congresswoman Boyda said, "The 2007 Farm Bill represents a tremendous amount of hard, bipartisan work in the Agriculture Committee. I'm thrilled that the Committee was able to maintain commodities and the farm safety net in a Congress where over 80% of the members are from urban and suburban districts, and we owe much of our success to the support of farmers and ranchers nationwide."
In announcing the recipients of the 2007 Golden Triangle Award, NFU President Tom Buis said, "These men and women are true advocates for those who live, work and raise their families in rural America. I thank them for their leadership."
The National Farmers Union was founded in 1902 in Point, Texas, and has now grown to a membership of 250,000 farm and ranch families, with organized chapters in 32 states. NFU continues its original mission to protect and enhance the economic well-being and quality of life for family farmers and ranchers and their rural communities.
The Golden Triangle Award is based on NFU's symbol – a triangle with "legislation" and "cooperation" forming the sides and "education" the base. The Golden Triangle Awards have been presented annually since established in 1988.
Recipients this year were chosen for their leadership on an assortment of issues that affect rural and agronomic America. Those issues included support for a farm bill that addresses the challenges and opportunities in rural America, implementing mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL), the promotion and production of fuels from the farm, protecting the nation’s food supply, and support for emergency weather-related disaster assistance.