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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 05:39:31 AM
This morning, on NPR's Morning Edition...
Great piece!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112035045
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 1:15:41 PM
Your welcome, Beth...and if anyone is interested, this week's cover of Time (or is it Newsweek? both sit in our lobby) reads: The Cost of Cheap Food...looks like a good read. I chose not to this day because the sun is shining and I didn't want the blues.
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| createmyworld |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 12:47:31 PM
thanks for posting Jonni :0)
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| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 10:37:29 AM
Wow. Here I am wondering how I can make my small farm support itself or even make a small profit, when what I REALLY need to be worried about is whether or not I'll even HAVE a farm in the next few years! Ladies, this stuff is so scary to me.
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| goneriding |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 8:31:54 PM
I can understand how people want to buy locally and buy what they want but as a former (maybe not for long though) OTR truck driver who used to haul a lot of produce and veggies, you DO want a way to trace what food went where. Even though the sign may say organic, you wouldn't believe how organic (or just plain produce/veggies) sits around on docks, unsupervised. When people get ill, there does need to be a plan in place to trace the foodstuff. You don't know, except for the local farmer's word how something was fertilized, if at all. What did he use?? Was salmonella a possibility if he used cow poop?? Properly used or not?? That sort of thing.
However, if I want to buy from a farmer's market, I want to do so. Also, most all of the organic stuff you see in big-box stores comes from big congloms.
Since I'm on dial-up, I couldn't open the above link from NPR so there may be info I don't know about.
Winona :-)
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 4:22:29 PM
Hey guys there are still problems, such as HR 27
Here is a forward I got just this morning from another farmgirl friend:
I try to be completely apolitical on line. However..... Some of the bills coming through Congress with very little fanfare are too much to be ignored. HR2749 threatens the farmers' ability to sell food from the farm! That could affect all of us who enjoy getting our fresh veggies at farm stands and farmers markets. Interesting to note that there is nothing in this bill to protect us from imported produce/food or the giant agribusiness conglomerates. If this is important to you, please take just a moment with the below link to tell your Representatives and Senators that you oppose this legislation.
http://www.ftcldf.org/petitions/pnum993.php
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> Ask Congress to Defeat HR 2749
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> 111th U.S. Congress - House Bill HR 2749 [Click here for FAQs]
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> A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress--HR 2749, the Food > Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs to be stopped!
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> HR 2749 gives FDA tremendous power while significantly diminishing > existing judicial restraints on actions taken by the agency. The bill > would impose a one-size-fits-all regulatory scheme on small farms and > local artisanal producers; and it would disproportionately impact their > operations for the worse.
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> HR 2749 does not address underlying causes of food safety problems such as > industrial agriculture practices and the consolidation of our food supply. > The industrial food system and food imports are badly in need of effective > regulation, but the HR 2749 does not specifically direct regulation or > resources to these areas.
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> ALARMING PROVISIONS (see Talking Points):
> * Power to Quarantine a Geographic Area; the FDA can also Halt All > Movement of All Food in a geographic area.
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> * Warrantless Searches of Business Records.
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> * Establishing a Tracing System for Food.
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> * Severe Criminal and Civil Penalties.
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> * Annual Registration Fee ($500 for 2010).
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> * Regulation of How Crops Are Raised and Harvested.
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> In opposing passage of HR 2749, it is good to emphasize any of the Talking > Points. Click here for More Information.
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> NOTE: If you leave the comment box blank, recipients will see only the > subject line "Oppose HR 2749" and your contact information to confirm you > are their constituent. Your comment shows with your Initials, City and > State at "View last 25 messages sent"; a copy is also sent to us at > petitions@ftcldf.org unless you deselect it. The confirmation page will > offer other options to you. Your message will be sent and saved through > The People's Email Network (The PEN) petition system. You may receive > invitations to sign other petitions from The PEN. Please refer to terms > and conditions for details. You may also receive follow-up emails from us.
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> http://www.ftcldf.org/petitions/pnum993.php
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| Laila |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 09:32:48 AM
Thanks for posting this Jonni. It looks like there may be hope after all.
Laila |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 09:19:54 AM
Me, too, Janice. I like that it named some of the very labels I see daily at the grocery. That's a wakeup call for the consumer, though I really wish that the man interviewed about the cost of hog farming would have mentioned the benefits independently farmed animals (health and quality) over just the simple "cost" aspect of conglomerates setting the prices.
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Aug 20 2009 : 09:06:36 AM
It sure reads like good news, Jonni. If the new antitrust division does something about ag monopolies(Monsanto owning most technology behind modified seeds just flat out scares me), that sounds like a welcome change to me.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
