Fanning, Saturday, May 10,1900
Franklin couple
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Barbara said, really made
the youth think about their
lives and community
situations.
Currently the Project, now
in its third and final year,
has expanded to 57 farm
couples from the 23 states
where Farmers Union is
located. Twenty-four couples
were added the second year.
Where does the American
Farm Project go after the
completion of its third year?
Bob and Barbara say that
it will be up to the individual
state and farm couples to
continue the program on a
smaller scale.
“We could sponsor small
programs through Farmers
Union. We have the
materials and resources
here to draw from for
training new couples, said
Barbara.
“But for a large scale
program involving large
numbers of people, for
example a folk festival
stressing the humanities or a
large training session, we
would need to apply for
grants from the State En
dowment for the
Humanities.
“Some states have already
received grants for their own
programs,” said Barbara.
The Project not only has
had an effect on those people
Bob and Barbara come in
contact with. It also has had
an effect on them.
“The Project has been
good for us,” stated Bar
bara, with Bob echoeing her
words.
“We, along with the other
farm couples, are the in
strument to strengthen the
humanities and bring them
across, we tiy to create a
public awareness in our
rural communities.”
“The people who are af
fected are many times not
the people who are making
the decisions” said Barbara.
“Our programs give people
a stronger identity with the
problems affecting them.
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Instead of not doing anything
because they feel they
cannot, people are starting
to act.
“For example when the
gas allotment came into
effect here m the Valley, we
were given less gasoline
because our population is
small. But we travel more.
“People knew that we
were involved in the Project
so they called us and wanted
to know what they could do.
We helped them go to their
legislators with the problem.
“They knew by being
exposed to the Project that
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taking any action. You
cannot use random numbers
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always affected” concluded
Barbara.
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