Posted on 08/01/2009 7:24:30 PM PDT by FromLori
2010.
Get them out!
Regular ongoing FReeper thread
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Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition [Survival Today - an On going Thread #3]
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From: NW Arizona Granny
Thread #1 is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=9901
Thread #2 is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?q=1&;page=1
There is not a single topic that covers the many subjects that we have and will continue to cover in these threads.
If you have a question, come and ask, several of our readers and posters know things that we all should learn.
My thanks to all who have pitched in and made this possible, in the beginning there were some who laughed at my plans for an on-going and connected thread.
Thank you Readers and Posters!!!!
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MUCH practical info on these threads.
This congress is going to turn us all into hunters before they are done, that is, if we want to eat.
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And the elites scoff at Sarah Palin and her family’s self-sufficiency .. she’s SO tacky, so middle class ................/S
In time, they could be begging to go north to Alaska to learn survival. For that matter, so may a lot of us. “We eat so we hunt” could become a real necessity in Galt’s Gulch ... God help us all.
THEY’VE ALL GOT TO GO! TERM LIMITS IS THE NEW MODE!!
So how does this work? “Turn over your guns or no food?”
I agree. They are all empire builders
Here is a website that has some answers.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2749&tab=summary
Michelle Bachmann just lost my vote of confidence. To support such a sweeping bill which will enlarge government regulation/oversight/power, and limit more of our freedoms is unforgivable for any representative that claims to be a conservative.
Now the law abiding small farmer is going to have to dance to central governments music?!
Bachmann, eat the Constitution!
“That part was removed last night.”
I’m on the “govtrack.us” site. They show amendments such as H.Res. 691 Providing for consideration of the bill..., but cannot find anything about the removed stuff.
I am hoping to find out more info than what’s on a blog, if you know what I mean.
Marker
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/07/20090731a.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 31, 2009
Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343
USDA Press Office (202) 720-4623
HHS Secretary Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announce New Strategies to Keep Americas Food Supply Safe
Departments Take Steps on Leafy Greens, Tomatoes, Melons and Ground Beef
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that prevention and partnership will guide their departments efforts to safeguard the food Americans eat every day.
Both Secretaries announced new strategies that focus on prevention and depend on working closely with growers, food processors and consumers to achieve their goals.
As a first step, Secretary Sebelius praised three draft guidances prepared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency within HHS, aimed at minimizing or eliminating contamination in leafy greens, tomatoes, and melons that can cause foodborne illnesses.
These proposed controls provide a guide for growers and processors to follow so they may better protect their produce from becoming contaminated, Secretary Sebelius told a group of growers, consumers, businesses, food safety advocates, and others gathered at the Eastern Market, a public fresh-food market in Washington, D.C. This strategy represents the kind of positive change promised by President Obama.
Making prevention a priority is critical to reducing foodborne illness and one of the three food safety principles of President Obamas Food Safety Working Group. said Vilsack.
The actions we are taking today will result in safer food in our country, which means healthier children, longer lives and less costly healthcare.
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDAs Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing guidance for inspectors to begin conducting routine sampling of bench trim for E. coli. Bench trim are the pieces left over from steaks and other cuts that are then used to make ground beef.
FSIS will also be issuing streamlined, consolidated instructions to its personnel for inspection, sampling and other actions to reduce E. coli O157:H7 in beef. FSIS is also issuing streamlined instructions to its inspectors to provide a simplified procedure to find an eliminate E. coli before it reaches consumers.
Unveiled today, the FDA commodity-specific draft guidances are based on the public health principles embraced by the White House Food Safety Working Group. The Working Group is being led by Secretary Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. FDAs draft guidances are the first step toward setting enforceable standards for produce safety.
These new food safety guidelines will facilitate the development of enforceable food safety standards and ensure a safer supply of fresh food for all Americans, said FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. The three draft guidances are designed to help growers and others across the entire supply chain minimize or eliminate contamination in leafy greens, tomatoes, and melons that can cause foodborne illnesses.
Commissioner Hamburg said the draft guidances represent a shift in strategy for the FDA, from a food safety system that often has been reactive to one that is based on preventing foodborne hazards
We must set as our highest priority the creating of enforceable standards for food safety that prevent the food Americans eat from ever becoming contaminated, she told those gathered at the Eastern Market.
Secretary Sebelius said that consumers play a vital role in ensuring the safety of the fresh produce they eat. She offered the following tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
* Buy wisely. Dont buy produce that is bruised or damaged. When buying fresh cut produce, choose only items that are refrigerated or surrounded by ice.
* Refrigerate promptly. Certain perishable fresh fruits and vegetables (e.g., strawberries, lettuce, herbs, and mushrooms) should be stored in a clean refrigerator at a temperature of 40ºF or below. If you arent sure whether an item should be refrigerated, ask your grocer. Produce that is purchased pre-cut or peeled should be refrigerated within two hours.
* Prepare produce with clean hands. Wash hands for 20 seconds with warm water and soap before and after preparing fresh produce.
* Wash produce thoroughly. Rinse fruits and vegetables under running water. Scrub firm produce such as melons and cucumbers with a clean produce brush. All unpackaged fruits and vegetables, as well as those packaged and not marked pre-washed, should be thoroughly rinsed before eating. This includes produce grown conventionally or organically at home, or produce from a grocery store or farmers market.
* Do not cross contaminate. Dont give bacteria the opportunity to spread from one food to another. Consider using one cutting board only for foods that will be cooked such as raw meat, and another one for ready-to-eat foods such as raw fruits and vegetables.
For more information, see FDA Issues Draft Guidances for Tomatoes, Leafy Greens and Melons
To access the key findings and recommendations of the Presidents Food Safety Working Group along with more information about its activities, please visit www.foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov.
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Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news.
Last revised: July 31, 2009
Lock and load and pray like hell.
Thanks. I added it to my favorites and sent it to some folks.
My son has an apple orchard and a few acres of land. I told him we’d come live with him.
This same Democrats who opposed the Obamacare were under fire from constituents for the farm bill, er...uh, food safety bill.
So, I’ve been trying to figure out if they caved on this one to appease Pelosi, or if Pelosi pushed this threw to punish them. Maybe a little of both.
I know a lot of people were in this survival mode 10 years ago and learned to prep very well. Maybe there’s a purpose in everything we’re led to do; maybe 1999 was a trial run. The minute I saw the information on this bill, the gears clunked into place in my head. Maybe it’s TB2000 time again ... this time for real. We better get up to snuff.
No, theoly don’t want to starve us, they just want to kill off the small farmers and organic growers, in favor of large conglomerates.
Do you remember during the Clinton administration there was talk of some wild far left environmental idea about a sustainable environment. They were going to herd all the people into cities and return large portions of the country to the indigenous people and animals? Well, Obama’s science czar believes in that. He’s a seventies left over from the ZPG movement. They never really died off, they were just hanging back, biding their time and now they’re BACK.
This bill also includes big pay offs to unions, especially, the teamsters.
Turn in your guns, we will give you food
And the sheep said, baaa.
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This sheep says FU, try to find them. That is, if we are even here when they come a lookin’.
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