Raw Foods Raid - The Fight For the Right To Eat What You Want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioN0ehlyyXI
Info under the video: This summer armed government agents raided Rawesome Foods, a Venice, California health food co-op. What were the agents after? Unpasteurized milk, it turns out.
Raw milk raids are happening all over the United States. The Food and Drug Administration warns that raw milk consumption can cause health problems, but a growing community of raw foods enthusiasts are ignoring government recommendations and claiming that they are getting tastier, more nutritious food by going raw.
Reason.tv visited Rawesome to examine the circumstances of the raid and discovered that this particular raw foods case stretches across county lines and involves at least five separate government agencies, despite the fact that not a single member of Rawesome has complained or been harmed by the raw foods. In fact, members have to sign a contract stating that they understand and accept the risks of consuming raw foods before they are allowed to step inside.
If members of a private club sign a waiver stating that they want to drink a certain type of milk, why is the government getting involved? As Jarel Winterhawk, a manager at Rawesome, puts it, "This is America. How are you going to tell me what I can and cannot eat?"
Though no charges have yet resulted from the raid, Rawesome is threated with shutdown due to the involvement of yet another government agency, Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, and the club's raw goat milk supplier, Healthy Family Farms, has had its dairy license suspended.
"Raw Foods Raid" is written and produced by Zach Weissmueller. Camera by Alex Manning and Weissmueller. Senior Producer is Ted Balaker. Music by Jami Sieber, Five Star Fall, and Kammen and Swan (Magnatune Records).
Approximately 7 minutes.
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The motto of wannabe tyrants: “He who controls the food, controls the people.”
First, thanks for this post. I am trying to find all the info I can about this b.s. bill. I may have to get drunk to read it, though, as I am becoming agitated to the point I can’t take much more of this damn administration.
I read about the Rawsome raid when it happened earlier this summer. Funny thing is that these little granola munchers are just the type that run around with their “Obama/Biden” bumper stickers yapping on & on about healthcare reform blah blah blah. I know the type. Now, they finally get a taste of their own medicine. Dummies.
And the hits just keep on coming..........
This bill is nothing more than a welfare check for the Big Agri firms who already benefit from Free Trade Globalism.
510 will kill the small farms and specialty farms around the country...and force Americans to continue to use the Agri-crap coming in from Communist China via Big Ag
The bill doesn’t define what a “food facility” is, as far as I can tell, so the Government could call your home garden a “ food facility”.
I wrote/called the Burpee’s Seed Co. to find out its take on the S510 bill currently in front of the Senate. I told them I was particularly concerned about the following language in the bill:
“If implemented, S510 can define as a crime to clean, store, and own seeds or seed stocks unless granted that right by the federal government.”
Their response:
“I will find out about this and will let you know.”
left me with the feeling that they were unaware of the bill - how could that be? In any event, I will keep you posted if I get a response.
My daughter is going to put the following links on Facebook to get the word out:
http://www.naturalnews.com/030418_Food_Safety_Modernization_Act_seeds.html
http://www.govtrackinsider.com/articles/2010-11-15/s510
http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=5985
I would suggest that other Freepers reach out to everyone and anyone to get the bad news out about this bill. This affects everyone regardless of political persuasion.
This thing is flying under the radar and it appears to be a slam dunk. The cloture vote was something like 74-25 and, IIRC, the House already passed its version.
Someone help me out here, but isn’t the strategy to pressure the House to a NO vote on reconciliation?
And someone needs to start a ping list for this.