A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 2002
CAFF Names Leland Swenson
Executive Director
DAVIS, Calif. The Commu
nity Alliance with Family Farm
ers (CAFF) has announced the
appointment of Leland Swenson
as the organization’s executive
director.
Swenson most recently served
as president of the National
Farmers Union, a position he
held from 1988 until March of
this year.
CAFF is a nonprofit member
ship organization founded in
1978 with regional chapters
throughout California. CAFF
uses practical information-shar
ing, organizing and advocacy in
support of strong, ecologically
sound family farms and healthy
rural communities.
“I look forward to the opportu
nity to work with agriculture pro
ducers in California,” Swenson
said. “CAFF is a dynamic organ
ization with a long history of
farmer-to-farmer and outreach
programs. These types of pro
grams, linking family farmers
and urban communities, will help
our efforts to make sustainability
a core principle in all food and
agriculture policy.”
While Swenson was with the
National Farmers Union he was
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responsible for organizing and
leading the historic 1999 Nation
al Agricultural Summit. The
gathering brought together 29 of
the nation’s farm and commodity
organizations to address serious
farm economy conditions such as
a farm safety net, industry con
centration, risk management and
international trade.
Swenson also organized the
Rally for Rural America in
March 2000. That event attracted
thousands of farmers, church
leaders, labor organizations and
rural people to Washington, D.C.
to send a strong message to Capi
tol Hill that the rural crisis was
more than an economic crisis but
also a social and cultural crisis in
rural America.
“We are pleased to have Lee
Swenson on board to spearhead
our efforts on behalf of family
farmers,” said CAFF Board Pres
ident Judith Redmond. “His ex
perience with family-farm advo
cacy will benefit all California
agriculture producers and rural
communities.”
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