fyi (regrding HR 875
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Margaret Bartley <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Margaret Bartley <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: HR 875: Monsanto-Drafted--Criminalizing Organic Farming/Back > Yard Gardening > To: "'Landon'" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 8:00 PM > I talked to Goldie Caughlin at PCC, who has been > professionally and > personally involved in the organic food movement for > decades, and she says > this bill is OK. > Here's her message: > > > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:26:28 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; > [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: [COMFOOD:] HR 875 - NOT a danger to small farms > > I've been receiving paranoid warnings from a variety of > channels about one > bill: HR 875. The Food Safety Modernization Act, sponsored > by Rosa DeLauro. > In all cases, the paranoia seems to come from one source: > Linn Cohen Cole, > who also blogs on DailyKos as Scaredhuman. At present, I am > working to see > if I can check with Rosa DeLauro's office directly to > make sure there is no > harmful intent in this bill. But as of now, I think the > bill is JUST FINE. > In fact, I support it. And I'm sick of seeing > well-meaning people fooled by > paranoid rumors about it. > First of all, look at the list of co-sponsors. DeLauro > herself is a > progressive. Even if I wish she'd oppose NAIS and > perhaps send some cash > towards the FDA so they can do their job better, I think > she's pretty good > on the whole. Then there's Peter DeFazio, who > introduced the bill to create > organic foods. DeFazio is our friend, 100%. And the list > includes other > dyed-in-the-wool progressives too - Schakowsky, Slaughter, > Grijalva, Linda > Sanchez, Filner, Hinchey, Hirono... these are > self-identified PROGRESSIVES. > They are NOT against us. > I've also run at least part of the bill text past a few > lawyers and looked > at it myself. One of the lawyers was a small, sustainable > farmer and the > other is a sustainable food advocate. Both felt there was > no cause for > concern. I didn't see anything upsetting in the bill > either. Last, you can > also see that Consumers Union supports it. I'm in > regular touch with the > wonderful folks over at CU and they are 100% on our side as > well. There is > NO reason I can see that this bill should not have our FULL > support. And > additionally, we have REAL problems to worry about - why > are we wasting our > efforts on made up ones instead? ----- From: Deon M. Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 12:14 AM Subject: HR 875 Food Police: Criminalizing Organic Farming & Backyard Gardener HR 875 The food police, criminalizing organic farming and the backyard gardener, and violation of the 10th amendment http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=913&Itemid=115 ======================================================== Subject: Plot to Control U.S. Food Supply Please listen to me when I say, buy your seeds now, plant a large garden, and can everything you can get your hands on. Be prepared. ~Virginia Brooks http://www.infowars.com/bilderberger-plot-to-control-us-food-supply/ . ------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
