Now that our government has caved to pressure to deregulate GMO alfalfa, citizen education and action is the only way to save organic food and farming. I am looking for leaders who want to address this challenge.
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Washington Journal TV talk show on C-Span parses the news of the day in Washington. With the passage of the food safety bill, they are devoting a whole week to discussing the issue. Tune in, call in!
Sustainable agriculturalists recognize the valiant effort of one farmer citizen to derail the food safety “modernization” act, which is such a threat to mixed use and small farms.
What’s at stake for raw milk in the FDA S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act? How about everything…
Kimberly Usher knows first-hand the dangers of pesticides in foods, she lives in Hawaii, where corporate farms have poisoned the environment with heavy spraying. Kimberly is now crippled due to exposure to these dangerous chemicals.
Leslie Goldman wants to stimulate a national conversation on food safety policy which will also protect food as medicine and farmer’s and consumer’s freedoms.
The Food Safety Modernization act sounds like a good idea. But this bill poses a grave danger to our food supply, and our liberty, and small farmers, especially raw dairy farmers.
A raw cheese food safety pioneer, Mary Falk of Lovetree Farm in Wisconsin makes award winning cave aged cheese.
Mark McAfee has effectively won battles against the establishment, by working with the media, holding rallies and asking for help from celebrities. He wants farmers to lead their consumers and get media savvy.
The ripple effects of the Rawesome raid extend to a family farm in Missouri, the government now seeks to destroy the farm to prove they are in control over our food choices.
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