Posted on 03/17/2009 4:05:03 AM PDT by Man50D
Some small farms and organic food growers could be placed under direct supervision of the federal government under new legislation making its way through Congress.
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, works for Monsanto – the world's leading producer of herbicides and genetically engineered seed.
DeLauro's act has 39 co-sponsors and was referred to the House Agriculture Committee on Feb. 4. It calls for the creation of a Food Safety Administration to allow the government to regulate food production at all levels – and even mandates property seizure, fines of up to $1 million per offense and criminal prosecution for producers, manufacturers and distributors who fail to comply with regulations.
Michael Olson, host of the Food Chain radio show and author of "Metro Farm," told WND the government should focus on regulating food production in countries such as China and Mexico rather than burdening small and organic farmers in the U.S. with overreaching regulations.
"We need somebody to watch over us when we're eating food that comes from thousands and thousands of miles away. We need some help there," he said. "But when food comes from our neighbors or from farmers who we know, we don't need all of those rules. If your neighbor sells you something that is bad and you get sick, you are going to get your hands on that farmer, and that will be the end of it. It regulates itself."
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Wasn’t there a case years ago involving a farmer growing wheat for his own purposes? Wasn’t even selling it, but the government regulated him anyway...because they felt he affected commerce?
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There are some local food coop groups (gardeners swapping veggies among themselves) that are being targeted because they aren’t buying their fair share of food basically and they don’t want this idea to catch on.
God forbid the puppets in government controlled by Food Ag companies let people GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.
Every Communist dictator in history has starved his people into submission.
This is how they will do it to us.
This isn’t about assuring food safety. It is about assuring food shortages.
gnip...
I hope you aren't breathing because some of the molecules you exhale will eventually cross state lines.
I am going to ofer to plow as many gardens as possible for my neighbors this spring just to stick it in the eye of my masters!
Stopped right there.
Nothing further needs to be read.
Michael Olson, host of the Food Chain radio show and author of “Metro Farm,” told WND the government should focus on regulating food production in countries such as China and Mexico rather than burdening small and organic farmers in the U.S. with overreaching regulations.
Mizzz Delauro, must be a congressional pawn for someone wanting another federal agency to enslave US citizens. Such an agency will find itself lots of work, but will be spitting in the wind. A great deal of our food is grown and processed outside the jurisdiction of Congress.
God bless you. I live in a neighborhood and I’m thinking of plowing up my yard just to tick them off.
Step1—Regulate crop production thereby causing prices to rise considerably.
Step 2—When prices soar put price controls on them.
Step 3—When farmers refuse to grow crops at a loss, confiscate their property.
Step 4—State farms now produce all and everyone lives happily ever after.
Right out of Hugo’s playbook.
Weekly Gardening Ping - Another Seed Regulation Ping
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This is about Monsanto insuring a revenue stream. Bank on it.
Control the food, control the people.
Yes- I believe that was during the Roosevelt administration.
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