Through collaboration, the Lutheran Office of Governmental Affairs (LOGA) and the Rural Ministry Office have determined that advocacy efforts need to be directed. Because of the complexity of the issues coupled with the urgency felt by those in rural America, it was decided that advocacy efforts fall into three key areas.

Advocacy Key Area 1
The need for a public policy that alleviates the great difficulty caused by abnormal price
fluctuations.

Advocacy Key Area 2
The questions and concerns regarding bio-genetic engineering and the foods produced
thereby.

Advocacy Key Area 3
The legal, moral, and philosophical questions surrounding the concentration of the entire food producing and processing industry in the hands of very few multi-national corporations.

ELCA Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs (LOGA) Rural Concerns