Brad Devries

"... For more information, call Debble at Bruce Hecker, Larry Wheeler, Melissa Aeillo, Mike Greene, Steve Wellins, Debbie Frybarger 'i Michael Anderson, Chuck Malkus, Brian Dempsey Matt Becker, Mellssa Aeillo, Brad Amy DeVries, Joan Karp LVW Presents Citizenship Award A my DeVries of Delray Beach ls the winner of the League of Women Voters of South Palm Beach County's Ingrld Ecklor Citizenship Award for 2002. Joan Karp, president of thc league, presented ..."

"... for more federal support of state and local programs thal protect agricultural land from rampant I Why did thc conservation terminators retreat? ?They came up against political reality," said Brad DeVries of thc Sustainable Agri- culture Coalition. ?They got way out ahead even of the constituency they said they represented." AFT President Ralph Grossi notes that the new farm bill includes ..."

"... the new title hasn't been decided by Congress yet. Thc House of Representatives, thc Senate and thc White House arc locked in a threeway battle over agriculture spending, said Brad DeVries of thc Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture in Washington, A key battleground will bc thc Fund for Rural America, which DeVries J called a major piece of ilic new rural development ..."

"... funding. A close examination of tne project reveals that most of it ls designed to provide more water for urban expansion and agriculture. Saving the Everglades is an afterthought." Brad DeVries, spokesman for Defenders of Wildlife, called the lack of deadlines "a recipe for inaction." The groups blame Florida's agriculture industry. "The smoking gun is ln the hands of big agriculture," ..."