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I wrote
about the June 9, 2011 13575 order as soon as it was released and I have
included it in my best-seller book, “U.N. Agenda 21: Environmental Piracy.”
(pp. 88-91) This executive order established unchecked federal control over
rural America in education, food supply, land use, water use, recreation,
property rights, energy, and the lives of sixteen percent of the U.S.
population. The executive order carefully chose the rural population because
“they supply our food, fiber, and energy, safeguard our natural resources, and
are essential in the development of science and innovation.” To sum it up, he who
controls the food, land, and water controls everything else. https://www.amazon.com/U-N-Agenda-21-Environmental-Piracy-ebook/dp/B009WC6JXO/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2/135-3153922-7408062?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493479812&sr=1-1&keywords=UN+Agenda+21%3A+Environmental+Piracy
The
executive order of 2011 was promoted, “To enhance the Federal Government’s
efforts to address the needs of rural America, this order establishes a council
to better coordinate Federal programs and maximize the impact of Federal
investment to promote economic prosperity and quality of life in our rural
communities.” On the face of it, it sounds benign enough; except that it
discusses sustainable rural development;
the new bureaucracy to oversee it
came from and was called the White House Rural Council. Sustainable Development is the lynchpin of U.N. Agenda 21 now
morphed into U.N.’s Agenda 2030, U.N.’s blue print for global governance and
control of human activity and private property.
President
Trump revoked President Obama’s Executive Order 13575 and replaced it with
“Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America.” His EO establishes the
Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity, with administrative
support and funding from the Department of Agriculture, within the boundaries of
law and “within existing appropriations.” The Secretary of Agriculture will be
the Chair of the Task Force composed of 21 secretaries, assistants, directors,
and heads of executive departments within the federal government. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/25/presidential-executive-order-promoting-agriculture-and-rural-prosperity
The Task
Force “shall identify legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to promote in
rural America agriculture, economic development, job growth, infrastructure
improvements, technological improvements, energy security, and quality of life
such as:
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Remove
barriers to economic prosperity
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Adoption
of innovations and technology for agricultural production and long-term sustainable rural development
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Educational
opportunities in agricultural education, science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics
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Empower
state, local, and tribal agencies to implement rural economic development,
agricultural, and environmental programs to relevant regional circumstances
On the surface, this is a good idea, however, most states, local, and
tribal agencies have been infiltrated by the International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), an unelected U.N. organization which
stealthily formulates regional and
local development plans and then presents their “visioning,” already approved
and signed by the board of supervisors, to the population at large, “the
stakeholders.” Regionalism is also
an important goal of Agenda 21/2030.
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Respect
“regional diversity of farms and
ranches”
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Rely
on “best available science when reviewing or approving crop protection tools”
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Access
to a “reliable workforce in agriculture-related and rural-focused businesses”
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Preserve
“family farms and agribusiness operations when passed from one generation to
the next,” making changes “to the estate tax and the tax valuation of family or
cooperatively held businesses”
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“Ensure
that water users’ private property rights are not encumbered when they attempt
to secure permits to operate on public lands”
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Improve
food safety based on science and “account for the unique circumstances of farms
and ranches”
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“Encourage
the production, export, and use of domestically produced agricultural products”
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“Address
hurdles associated with access to resources on public lands for the rural
communities that rely on cattle grazing, timber harvests, mining, recreation,
and other multiple uses”
This is an interesting development as many farmers and ranchers have been
battling the Bureau of Land Management and the Environmental Protection Agency
for their generational use of public and private lands; farmers fought the EPA
and their restrictive regulations that prevented them from using their land for
farming purposes; individuals who collected rainwater and snow melt and were fined
and jailed; and ranchers whose cattle were prohibited from and eventually
killed for grazing on public lands.
President
Trump directed that other executive orders he issued be coordinated with his EO
on Promoting of Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America:
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EO
13771, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs (January 30, 2017)
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EO
13778, Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing
the “Waters of the United States” Rule (February 28, 2017)
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EO
13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (March 28, 2017)
It remains
to be seen how the highly entrenched bureaucrats will implement this executive
order coming from our president with whom they fundamentally disagree, a
president who wants to keep his campaign promises to the American people and
also considering the fact that life-long Democrat and Republican establishment
bureaucrats do not represent nor “serve” the interests of the American people.
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