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I am not forced to eat non-organic fruits and vegetables, why are you?
Actually, I grow my own veggies or eat frozen ones in the off-season. I can't AFFORD the store-bought organics. Is Obama going to tackle THAT issue? Not bloody likely. Americans only eat what they can afford and the contamination of our food supply remains a big risk.
Our grocery stores label both organic and non-organic produce as to country of origin. Of course, Monsanto, Archer Daniels and Tyson are behind this bill. Monsanto, corporation that introduced genetically modified food to the world. Monsanto, the corporation that goes into other countries and gets patents on native crops so farmers have to pay them for seed. These companies can't stand the competition as more and more people switch to organic foods. I have to educate myself further on these bills, but a lot of people were against Tom Vilsack as Sec'y of Agriculture. .
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Modernization Act of 2009, was introduced by Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., in February. DeLauro's husband, Stanley Greenburg, conducts research for Monsanto – the world's leading producer of herbicides and genetically engineered seed.
House Resolution 875, or the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, was introduced by Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., in February. DeLauro's husband, Stanley Greenburg, conducts research for Monsanto – the world's leading producer of herbicides and genetically engineered seed.
I read the entire article and that's not what I got out of it. Whenever there is an outbreak of food-borne illness, everyone wants to know where the food came from. This bill is designed to do that. Contaminated food is no joke, no matter who is growing it.
I say great, everyone should have a garden that has a spare patch of dirt, does the body good.
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Originally Posted by Katiana
I read the entire article and that's not what I got out of it. Whenever there is an outbreak of food-borne illness, everyone wants to know where the food came from. This bill is designed to do that. Contaminated food is no joke, no matter who is growing it.
Well the problem with the 2009 food safety act (or whatever it is called) is that it remains ambiguous. I have farm status but I do not grow commercially, so as it is stated right now, I couldn't sell a tomato on the side of the road without having proper licenses. In fact the definition on what a "producer" is, hasn't been well defined and could for all intents and purposes mean anyone who grows a pepper in a potted planter.
I agree with the premise of it, but as it is now it is vast, sweeping, non specific, and crudely written.
An op-ed. OpEdNews » Monsanto's dream bill, HR 875
"The bill is monstrous on level after level - the power it would give to Monsanto, the criminalization of seed banking, the prison terms and confiscatory fines for farmers, the 24 hours GPS tracking of their animals, the easements on their property to allow for warrantless government entry, the stripping away of their property rights, the imposition by the filthy, greedy industrial side of anti-farming international "industrial" standards to independent farms".
Not that Congress has ever passed legislation which has incurred unintended consequences right!
Nope, I think they should be forced to take their chances with produce from Latin America, just like the rest of us.
Nobody's forcing you to eat produce from Latin America. Austin has great local farmer's markets. And is the home of Whole Foods.
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