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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
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 Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 09:53:31 AM
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Jami,
Thanks, I saw that in another email for farmers market that I recieved, trying to figure out how I can make that meeting... Hmmm
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
http://farmchicksfarm.blogspot.com/
Mavens are "information specialists", or "people we rely upon to connect us with new information."[6] They accumulate knowledge, especially about the marketplace, and know how to share it with others
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 11:14:49 AM
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Hey Elise, missed your post for a couple of days. Sorry. I too read the Prop 2 passage and Animal Alliance's bent on things. I get their newsletter. It's a crying shame but it isn't totally implemented until 2015 (?), think that was the date, so I don't think there is going to an exodus of chicken farmers at the current moment but it's coming I'm sure.
Yes, the big packers are going to cooperate but they all want a NORTH AMERICAN origin statement and not a USA. Small niche packers will do the USA origin label. How does this help the consumer decide what to buy? Isn't that the purpose of the whole thing? My feeling is that those packers are slaughtering a ton of Canadian cattle and don't want to separate them in the feedlot or on the kill floor. I have been telling my ASI rep (American Sheep Industry Assoc) that we'll just call what we grow NAFTA Lamb instead of American Lamb. As I said, I'm a bit hot under the collar about this now that I know more. All packers have 6 months to get up to snuff on this and then it's mandatory.
I just signed up through the USDA's site for the COOL listserv. They send out updates on the tweaking of this legislation. Anyone can sign up.
Thanks for the update on Prop 2 Elise. Glad to have another producer who is keeping close tabs on this stuff.
Jami in WA
Farmgirl Sister #266
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