Demand U.S. Government Reinstate USDA Website

Oct 01, 2013

Farms.com Launches Petition

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website is down amid the federal government shutdown. The department has a notice on its main page saying “Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available.” It seems strange that the USDA site is down, because the majority of other government websites appear to be available.

While all non-essential services are closed, the USDA site provides some essential information, including market data and more. Several people have taken to Twitter to express their frustration, including a number of students who say that they are unable to do their homework because the site is down. Here are a few examples of Tweets:

Click here to sign the petition. Include your name and state in the thread. At the end of each day, Farms.com will compile all the names in a PDF. document and forward it to the Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s office.

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