Gerald R. Ford, Proclamation 4324: National Farm-City Week… (1974)
“ From a primarily rural nation, we have grown to a country of great cities and towns, and farmers now make up less than five percent of our national population.As we have learned from our recent food shortages, however, the cities have not lost their fundamental dependence upon the farms for the basics in life. Nor are our farms any less dependent upon our urban centers for their products and services.There is, indeed, a continuing partnership, often recognized but little honored. It is that partnership we must build upon to achieve a new abundance and prosperity in the future. ”
