Comments on: Concerned about Food Safety Bill HR 875? http://downtoearthblog.com/foodproduction/concerned-about-food-safety-bill-hr-875/archives/203 Facts, opinions and reflections on being a techno-geek granolarancher Mom Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bill Harshaw http://downtoearthblog.com/foodproduction/concerned-about-food-safety-bill-hr-875/archives/203#comment-6075 Bill Harshaw Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:52:12 +0000 http://downtoearthblog.com/foodproduction/concerned-about-food-safety-bill-hr-875/archives/203#comment-6075 This flap reminds me of the anti-fluoridation agitation in the 1950's--then it was the communist menace, now it's big business. In both cases there's a fear of the future and a lack of trust of the powerful. Things like "don't be fooled by the bill's deceptive language..." describe an Alice and Wonderland world. Of course, I'm biased, as I remember the vet vaccinating our cows (was it brucellosis or bovine TB?)and inserting the ear tag. And my mother had had TB. This flap reminds me of the anti-fluoridation agitation in the 1950’s–then it was the communist menace, now it’s big business. In both cases there’s a fear of the future and a lack of trust of the powerful. Things like “don’t be fooled by the bill’s deceptive language…” describe an Alice and Wonderland world.

Of course, I’m biased, as I remember the vet vaccinating our cows (was it brucellosis or bovine TB?)and inserting the ear tag. And my mother had had TB.

]]> By: Snowpath http://downtoearthblog.com/foodproduction/concerned-about-food-safety-bill-hr-875/archives/203#comment-6048 Snowpath Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:53:22 +0000 http://downtoearthblog.com/foodproduction/concerned-about-food-safety-bill-hr-875/archives/203#comment-6048 "the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) offered their analyses. They believe this and companion bills are vehicles to let agribusiness control the entire US food supply, destroy independent local farming, and end the production of healthy organic food. "..... "Linn Cohen-Cole calls HR 875 "monstrous on level after level - the power it would give to Monsanto (and other Ag giants), the criminalization of seed banking, the prison terms and confiscatory fines for farmers, the 24 hour GPS tracking of animals, the easement on their property to allow for warrantless government entry, the stripping away of their property rights, the imposition (of) "industrial" standards, (and) planned elimination of (independent) farmers through all (the above) means." "PASA says don't be fooled by the bill's deceptive language that hides its true intentions. Code words like "traceability, source verification, and best farming practices with proven scientific results" will force farmers to tag every animal (the requirement for industrial farms is one per 800,000) and use drugs, pesticides and GM seeds." http://rense.com/general85/gmo.htm “the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) offered their analyses. They believe this and companion bills are vehicles to let agribusiness control the entire US food supply, destroy independent local farming, and end the production of healthy organic food. “…..

“Linn Cohen-Cole calls HR 875 “monstrous on level after level - the power it would give to Monsanto (and other Ag giants), the criminalization of seed banking, the prison terms and confiscatory fines for farmers, the 24 hour GPS tracking of animals, the easement on their property to allow for warrantless government entry, the stripping away of their property rights, the imposition (of) “industrial” standards, (and) planned elimination of (independent) farmers through all (the above) means.”

“PASA says don’t be fooled by the bill’s deceptive language that hides its true intentions. Code words like “traceability, source verification, and best farming practices with proven scientific results” will force farmers to tag every animal (the requirement for industrial farms is one per 800,000) and use drugs, pesticides and GM seeds.”

http://rense.com/general85/gmo.htm

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