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Bill wrote:

http://www.democraticunderground.com...z=view_all&add
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Gist of which is

Edited on Fri Feb-08-08 02:30 AM by dmesg
Obama will limit farm subsidy payouts to $250,000 per farm, and tighten
loopholes that allow Monsanto and ADM to subdivide their huge
sharecropper empires into hundreds of paper companies to rake in
taxpayer money. He wants farm relief to help keep family farms
sustainable, not to keep Monsanto profits rising.

He will strengthen pollution standards on large megafarms so that they
don't keep dumping their toxic sludge into our waterways.

He will push through a packer ban so that meat packers no longer own the
livestock and treat herders like sharecroppers.

He will immediately and strongly implement country of origin labeling on
foodstuffs.

He has an investment program to strengthen regional food systems and
organic farms, and a crop insurance modification to end discrimination
against organic farmers.

He will implement a recruitment and education program to help more young
people learn to farm, as well as tax incentives to help new farmers
start their first farm.

Obama: he's got it right about agriculture.

(And yes, I am going to keep posting stuff like this until the "all
style no substance" BS disappears from GD-P)

Bill,
it all sounds like good stuff but where are the citations. It easily
could have gotten by me but I've never heard him say any of these things.

Been reading "What to Eat" by Marion Nestle. For those who think about
adding fish to their garden, you may want to stop and reflect. The
oceans are sewers now. Predator fish like albacore, shark, salmon,
swordfish, and mackerel are concentrating methylmercury in themselves
and any one who eats them. Most of the methylmercury comes from coal
fired plants. The other problem is persistent polychlorinated biphenyls
(were in electrical transformers); polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and
hexabromocyclododecane (flame retardants); dioxin, and DDT. These
concentrate in our fats and are passed to our offspring through the
placenta, as is the methylmercury. They mimic endocrine and can cause
developmental disorders.
Funny (?) thing though, "farmed" fish are higher in these contaminates
(except for the methylmercury) than are wild fish.

Now I've got myself thinking about where the fish emulsion comes from
for our organic gardens. I'll check with the local "Master Gardeners".

If you must eat fish, pick non-predator fish or smaller, young fish to
reduce contamination.

Now get out there and have fun =:Oo
--

Billy
Republican and Democratic "Leadership" Behind Bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Zunx_goz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net