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nerican Farmland Trust: Press release July 11, 2001 http://www.fannland.org/news_2001/071 10 1_survey.htm 28 "With such strong support for agricultural conservation, policymakers should triple conservation spending in the next farm bill," Grossi pointed out. "The programs are there, and they work. With $21 billion allocated annually to farm support payments by the budget agreement, half should be reserved for conservation programs. It's just a question of putting some financial muscle into making conservation happen." "Over the past 19 years I have repeatedly surveyed farmers and found them very willing to conserve natural resources. These new results strongly indicate that conservation- oriented farm programs will please not just farmers, but most voters," said Dr. J. Dixon Esseks, a political scientist from Northern Illinois University (NIU) who directed the poll. The telephone survey of N =1,024 registered voters nationwide was conducted June 2 through 21, 2001, with a margin of sampling error of +3.1% in 95 out of 100 cases. The poll, directed by Dr. Esseks, was conducted by the Public Opinion Research Laboratory of NIU. The Tarrance Group, Inc., a strategic research and polling firm in Alexandria, Virginia, provided consulting and analytical services. Funding for the poll was provided by The Joyce Foundation and the members of American Farmland Trust. American Farmland Trust is a private, nonprofit farmland conservation organization founded in 1980 to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment. Its action- oriented programs include public education, technical assistance in policy development and demonstration farmland protection projects. For more information, visit AFT's home page at www.farmiand.org. 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202- 331 -7300 infoOfarmland.org 202 -659 -8339 (f) [ << AFT Home ) of') 07/12/2001 8:36 AM