SaveFarmFamilies.org Adds Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.,

SaveFarmFamilies.org Adds Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc., Worcester County Farm Bureau and Wicomico County Farm Bureau to Growing List of Supporters


Hudson Benefit Dinner Planned for October 1 in Ocean City, Maryland

Willards, MD (September 22, 2011) – SaveFarmFamilies.org has added Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. (DPI), the Worcester County Farm Bureau and the Wicomico County Farm Bureau, all powerful voices for the agriculture community, to its effort to raise funds for the legal defense of the Hudson family farm. The Hudsons are involved in ongoing litigation originated by the Waterkeeper Alliance, a New York-based activist organization that seeks to use the courts to push their radical agenda. “We are very pleased to join other agriculture leaders in support of SaveFarmFamilies.org to defend our family farms and to help raise money for the Hudson‟s legal defense,” said DPI Executive Director Bill Satterfield. “It‟s a known fact that the Waterkeepers are determined to end animal agriculture in this country and the Hudsons appear to be collateral damage in their larger efforts. We need to highlight their tactics and put them on notice that we won‟t allow it to happen.”

SaveFarmFamilies.org, which is raising awareness around the Waterkeepers‟ bankruptcy-by-litigation tactics, has released a video on SaveFarmFamilies.org to depict just how damaging misguided litigation can be for farm families like the Hudsons.

“The outcome of the Waterkeepers‟ litigation will impact not only the Hudson farm, but also will resonate with all family farmers, suppliers, and related businesses for years to come,” said Lee Richardson, President of the Wicomico County Farm Bureau and SaveFarmFamilies.org member. “I think the SaveFarmFamilies.org video really puts the impact of this tragic situation involving the Hudsons into perspective and is necessary to show how the Waterkeepers‟ litigation could destroy family farming in America forever.”

The video outlines the detrimental impact that the Waterkeeper litigation has had on everyday life for the Hudsons, including financial burdens caused by legal bills, stress-related medical bills, and frozen credit for their farming operation due to the lawsuit, which they have been engaged in since early 2010.

“This lawsuit has serious consequences for real people and we are so glad to welcome our new supporters,” said Richardson. “We are going to make a stand against these radical groups who put their narrow agenda ahead of the facts, regardless of the consequences for the family farmer who works hard to put food on the table for the American consumer.”

In addition to fundraising efforts through the website, SaveFarmFamilies.org is also proudly supporting a benefit dinner sponsored by the Worcester County Farm Bureau from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 1st at the Hooper‟s Crab House in West Ocean City, Md. The all-you-can-eat benefit is the third of its kind and is an effort to raise additional funds for the Hudson‟s mounting legal bills.

“We are so happy to host a dinner in the Hudsons‟ honor,” said Daniel Holland, vice president of the Worcester County Farm Bureau and member of SaveFarmFamilies.org. “The farming community is a tight-knit group and we all understand the magnitude of this litigation – we will do everything it takes to make sure the Hudsons have the necessary resources to defend themselves against these out-of-town extremists.”