New Proposed Legislature Favors Industrialized Processed Food

[tcmgpt13]

Please help oppose legislation which will favor processed and industralization of food, even more than they are now. And since when have processed foods been safer? Since the peanut butter scare. Since the pistachio fiasco? Calling your representatives may stop this latest legislation. Let Congress know how you feel. Voters after all are their employers (or should be).

Just a few of the paragraphs found in the article by Catherine Ebeling

CATHERINE'S CORNER - U.S. Wellness Meats

"If HR 875 and 2749 pass, it could eventually mean losing some of the smaller, organic, farm options, and reducing the consumer's ability to make decisions on who and where to buy from, and put a serious dent in some of the good things that are happening at the grass-roots level of the food world today."

"Endangered by these bills are the local farmers' markets..."

Two of the other major bills (S. 425 and H.R. 814) focus on food traceability. The latter would in effect make the current voluntary and controversial National Animal Identification System mandatory, forcing smaller farmers to microchip each and every one of their animals within 48 hours and buy expensive tracking devices. This government intervention is extremely unpopular among small farmers, and would be incredibly time-consuming and expensive as well.

We are asking Congress, and suggesting stakeholders in the organic community and local-food movement petition Congress, to make sure the needed regulation is on corporate agribusiness," says Mark Kastel, cofounder of the Cornucopia Institute, a small farmers advocacy group. "Small, high-quality food producers are already at a competitive disadvantage," he adds. "They're part of the solution, and it would be shame for them to be threatened under new regulations.

Government regulations will soon favor genetically modified (or GMO) seeds over organic seeds, and organic seeds and heritage plants might eventually become a thing of the past. We don't need to add any more poison to our foods: pesticides, preservatives and radiation to make our food supposedly safer.

We need to do is take a good, hard look at what the term "Food Safety" means.

[jonsi]

Hi tcm

Glad I caught this before it went off the recent board for others to see. (it was almost under the water.)

I want to add that the closer we are to the source of our food, the safer it is. Go to your farmer's market and shop there.

President Obama has endorsed Monsanto!!!! ie.GMO's Six Reasons Why Obama Appointing Monsanto's Buddy, Former Iowa Governor Vilsack, for USDA Head Would be a Terrible Idea

Six Reasons Why Obama Appointing Monsanto's Buddy, Former Iowa Governor Vilsack, for USDA Head Would be a Terrible Idea

While some of us are trying to figure out what "M" is, others are trying to get a point across that toxins, GMOs and environmental hazards, plastic, preservatives/additives, all contribute to our condition. Please pay attention to what you are eating!

Thank you tcm! You stoked my fire and I'm ready to start posting again!

In the white light,
~jonsi