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Old 30-03-2009, 10:08 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default H.R. 875 Food Safety Act

In article
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Billy wrote:

We would do well to heed eminent University of Wisconsin plant
breeder Dr. William F. Tracy: ³placing the responsibility for the
worldıs crop germplasm and plant improvement in the hands of a few
companies is bad public policy.ŠThe primary goal of private corporations
is to make profit, andŠthis goal will be at odds with certain public
needs.ŠThe future of our food supply requires genetic diversity but also
demands a diversity of decision makers.²


What I walked away with. Diversity of decision makers in a world where
the images are trivial and uniform. Profit driven not health driven and
as the adage reminds if you lose it nothing else matters.

Bill who would like to break bread with Dr. Tracy

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