Comments on: What if the FAA was in Charge of Food Safety? http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/what-if-the-faa-was-in-charge-of-food-safety/ blog about homemaking, food and health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: mark mcafee http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/what-if-the-faa-was-in-charge-of-food-safety/#comment-13046 mark mcafee Sun, 09 May 2010 00:31:05 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=4899#comment-13046 As a private pilot and owner of a TB 20 Socata Trinidad, I have immense respect for mother nature. I make a pact with her and check myself and my aircraft all the time. If I ever hurt myself it will be because I failed to heed her warnings and respect her awe and power. the same goes for food and our personal responsibility for health. Treat yourself like an aircraft and treat mother nature as the "wild blue yonder" and all will be well. You can not cheat either without paying a real price for dishonesty. I started flying when I was 16 and to this day....I always respect mother nature and double check everything. "It is better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air....than in the air wishing you were in the air". Mark As a private pilot and owner of a TB 20 Socata Trinidad, I have immense respect for mother nature. I make a pact with her and check myself and my aircraft all the time. If I ever hurt myself it will be because I failed to heed her warnings and respect her awe and power. the same goes for food and our personal responsibility for health.

Treat yourself like an aircraft and treat mother nature as the “wild blue yonder” and all will be well. You can not cheat either without paying a real price for dishonesty.

I started flying when I was 16 and to this day….I always respect mother nature and double check everything.

“It is better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air….than in the air wishing you were in the air”.

Mark

]]> By: Kimberly Hartke http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/what-if-the-faa-was-in-charge-of-food-safety/#comment-7840 Kimberly Hartke Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:24:56 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=4899#comment-7840 Thanks, Bill. I especially like the idea of getting to the root cause of a food "crash" and addressing it. Too often, we gloss over the crash and just say, medicate it to fix it. Kimberly Thanks, Bill. I especially like the idea of getting to the root cause of a food “crash” and addressing it.

Too often, we gloss over the crash and just say, medicate it to fix it.

Kimberly

]]> By: Bill Gehm http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/what-if-the-faa-was-in-charge-of-food-safety/#comment-7828 Bill Gehm Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:56:16 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=4899#comment-7828 I saw your posted article with the FAA title. That analogy caught my attention as it is one I have often thought of. I have had numerous interactions with aviation agencies including the FAA and the JAA (now EASA) including technical presentations regarding aircraft engine controls to members of the JAA and LBA (German authorities). The article is right on target noting that food and agriculture policies would be very different if treated in the manner that the FAA investigates incidents and certifies equipment. The shameful and incestuous industry relationships that permit the abuses in agriculture would not be tolerated. In the dairy industry cows are treated as an expendable commodity with no concern for the fact that millions are slaughtered annually after mastitis battles with hundreds of dairy farmers going bankrupt in the process. There are certainly a lot of comparisons that can be made between the aviation industry and dairy relative to how things should be done. Hopefully the article is well read by many. I saw your posted article with the FAA title. That analogy caught my attention as it is one I have often thought of. I have had numerous interactions with aviation agencies including the FAA and the JAA (now EASA) including technical presentations regarding aircraft engine controls to members of the JAA and LBA (German authorities). The article is right on target noting that food and agriculture policies would be very different if treated in the manner that the FAA investigates incidents and certifies equipment. The shameful and incestuous industry relationships that permit the abuses in agriculture would not be tolerated. In the dairy industry cows are treated as an expendable commodity with no concern for the fact that millions are slaughtered annually after mastitis battles with hundreds of dairy farmers going bankrupt in the process. There are certainly a lot of comparisons that can be made between the aviation industry and dairy relative to how things should be done.

Hopefully the article is well read by many.

]]> By: Kimberly Hartke http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/what-if-the-faa-was-in-charge-of-food-safety/#comment-7816 Kimberly Hartke Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:30:21 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=4899#comment-7816 Sorry, I noticed a couple of links weren't active, and they are all fixed, now. Thanks for your interest in this important speech by one of America's finest farmers. Sorry, I noticed a couple of links weren’t active, and they are all fixed, now. Thanks for your interest in this important speech by one of America’s finest farmers.

]]> By: the Bovine http://hartkeisonline.com/local-food/what-if-the-faa-was-in-charge-of-food-safety/#comment-7801 the Bovine Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:57:40 +0000 http://hartkeisonline.com/?p=4899#comment-7801 Kimberly, your link to part 3 is not active. I want to read the whole thing. .-= the Bovine´s last blog ..<a href="http://thebovine.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/mark-mcafee-at-acres-u-s-a-conference/" rel="nofollow">Mark McAfee at Acres U.S.A. conference</a> =-. Kimberly, your link to part 3 is not active. I want to read the whole thing.
.-= the Bovine´s last blog ..Mark McAfee at Acres U.S.A. conference =-.

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