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| Home gardeners should take an interest in this.
I'm not saying to vote for or against, just that we should all be aware. It's H.R. 857. It's a bill that is said to be linked to Monsanto (large agriculture company) that could outlaw home gardens (posing as a food safety bill). Here are two links: http://tribes.tribe.net/foodnotlawns/thread/cbc5c631-50f6-4c7d-9717-0e 351c8c80e8 http://www.seventhgeneration.com/learn/inspiredprotagonist/monsanto-ev il-company From the 7th generation link it says that Michael Taylor former vp of public policy at Monsanto is now the new senior adviser of the FDA. Other interesting links
Found some more info. Scroll down. This is spring 2010. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s510/show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeWVkTU1s1E I normally don't pay attention to stuff like this, but I don't want to be told what I can and what I cannot do on my land. |
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- Posted by lazygardens Phoenix: Sunset Zone (My Page) on Wed, Apr 14, 10 at 20:50
| As I said on the other forum: bovine excrement. The bill number you mention has nothing to do with gardening. Perhaps you are agitating against HR 875 ... http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/organic.asp You may not want to be told what to do and not do on YOUR land ... how do you feel about me setting up a huge hog farm with manure ponds right next door? Or a copper smelter? You want to tell me I can't do that? As soon as you start selling produce to others, how you grow your produce becomes a public health issue, and that's regulatable. |
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- Posted by boulderbelt 5/6 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 15, 10 at 5:04
| ohh yet another frothing at the mouth post on a bill that is still languishing in committee (since Feb 2009) As Lazy puts it well, Bovine excrement indeed Always check the the Gov't Track Site before forwarding such things as most of these types of emails are about things in congress that simply are not happening. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Gov't Track
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