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"cat daddy" wrote:

"Lilah Morgan" wrote in message
ers2...
I emailed 3 of my senators/congressman(and the White House) 'bout it, but I
don't know if it will do any good. There was a town hall meeting last
weekend in town, with 3 of our state reps, and in response to a question,
they actually admitted that they don't read the bills they vote on. They
didn't even say their assistants/interns do for them. Their excuse is that
there's too many of them and it would take too long. Well what the hell
are
we paying them for?! I even usually read the User Terms and Agreement
things
when I sign up anywhere online, MySpace, Yahoo, Facebook, wherever. And I
have a busy schedule too...I have to do just about all the 'grunt' work on
our farm and work on the website and make flyers and do all the business
paperwork and crap, yet I make sure to find the time I don't agree to
anything I don't understand. Here's what I emailed(feel free to adapt it
to
your circumstances to contact your state reps):

I am a small (organic) farmer and am very concerned about the
repercussions
if H.R. 875 were to pass. We are lucky to make enough money to get by, but
having to pay licensing/inspection fees plus additional taxes would be
beyond our means. The wording 'food production facility' needs to be less
vague. By that wording, if you have a potted herb in your kitchen
windowsill, you could be considered a food production facility. If the
government wants safe food, they should A: pay for the farms to be
inspected
themselves, and B: focus on the fact that the recent contaminated food
outbreaks were more often than not the fault of big companies who could
have
afforded to enact safety measures. I would also like to point out that the
recent peanut butter contamination took place in the processing plant, not
where the nuts were grown. We grow enough produce not only to sell, but to
eat as well, so we make sure it's safe.

Victoria, zone 5a

Monsanto and HR 875, Take Two
http://crooksandliars.com/nonny-mous...r-875-take-two

Still impossible to tell who are the crooks and who are the liars, but
I'm not counting on the Monsanto shill. And, it may cause just as much
suspicion from both sides as it attempts to alleviate it.

I wrote my local U.S. Corporate Representative Congresswoman and my U.S.
Corporate Representative Senators last week that I personally was
against the bill. I doubt my letters will have any impact at all. Google
"food safety bill farmers market". Enjoy the read. Since the
introduction of this bill, does it seem that all news of the food safety
bill is silent on TV and newspapers. All praise the internet!

Enjoy Life ... Dan

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Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.