Dear Editor:

On Nov. 8, I will vote enthusiastically for the reelection of Senator Chris Johnson.

Chris cares deeply for Maine’s families, workers, and for small businesses like our local farms. Other legislators might come to a farmers market for a photo op: Chris gathered a dozen local farmers for an evening of conversation about how Maine farmers can put more healthy and affordable food onto their neighbors’ tables. In 2014, he sponsored LD 1431 to create “food hubs” that would open new markets to small farms and put local foods into our schools and other institutions.

Senator Johnson is also incredibly responsive. I mentioned to him once a Connecticut program that supported the conversion of prime agricultural soils from forest back to farmland. The following session, he sponsored LD 1041 to accomplish this in Maine.

I hope to see Senator Johnson in Augusta for another two years!

Alice Percy

Whitefield