Comments on: Your Right to Choose Healthy Food is at Stake … Again

By: Vin

Vin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:47:08 +0000

Hi James, thanks for sharing this information about Senate Bill 510. I sent a letter to my Senators and encourage everyone else to do the same.

By: James J. Gormley

James J. Gormley — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:56:18 +0000

Hi. Please check out this article:
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/122637

and this link:
http://www.citizens.org/?page_id=40

Many thanks.
—James

By: Vin

Vin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:45:29 +0000

Hi Esbee, thanks for your comment!

It’s great that NAIS has been defunded, but as long as there is corporate interest in farming, I think it’s spirit will stay alive. We simply have to keep fighting it!

By: esbee

esbee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:43:53 +0000

The problems we face in NAIS, which has recently been defunded, are just being moved over into this bill…the FDA will be the new USDA. Whenever the govt tries to take over food issues, the results are disastrous.
The reason the FDA approves the use of bad additions to food and crop raising is simple…those who make or profit ffom those things have bought their way into the FDA…like the USDA is infiltrated with those who have been bought or are part of coporate ag.

By: Vin

Vin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:51:24 +0000

Thanks for the support guys!

I agree that the government doesn’t always have our best interest at heart. Even if this weren’t the case, it doesn’t give us an excuse to let someone else make decisions for us. I hope that as more people realize this, they will be inspired to take responsibility and make more of an effort to educate themselves and make more informed decisions.

By: Internet Strategist @GrowMap

Internet Strategist @GrowMap — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:21:36 +0000

It is common for legislative bills to claim to do one thing while actually doing the opposite. Regulations are almost always intended to protect existing businesses from competition. As awareness grows and more people return to raising their own food and supporting CSAs (Consumer Supported Agriculture) and local farmers and ranchers, efforts to put them out of business will grow.

When will the general public wake up to the facts? The FDA is NOT protecting US – it protects Big Pharma and Corporate Farming. Does anyone else wonder whether these food scares during harvest times are more likely to be intended to eliminate small businesses than to protect consumers? It might only take one lost harvest to shut down smaller farms and ranches.

No wonder the U.S. Founding Fathers were so opposed to a strong Federal Government. It would be far easier to take back control of local politics than to prevent National Laws bought and paid for by Corporate America.

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:30:22 +0000

Vin, thanks so much for your continued campaign. Unfortunately much of what government does creates unintended consequences that are worse than the problem they were trying to correct in the first place. Most people don’t understand that regulation actually helps large corporations because it drives the small competitors out of business who can’t afford to comply.

“The politicians are at it again and have drafted another piece of so called food safety legislation that threatens the future of organically and sustainably produced food.”

The BEST way to improve food safety is for people like you to continue to spread the word and for the rest of us to support it by buying from the small organic suppliers who care about the animals and the environment. The government way is always the wrong way. I’m horrified at the thought that my health is under the control of some small-minded government bureaucrat.

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:25:47 +0000

A great summary, Vin! Thank you so much for sharing it in today’s Fight Back Friday carnival.

Cheers,
KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)