Small farmers were dismayed when Issue 2 passed in Ohio this past November. Blogger, Augie gives his perspective on the animal care standards board the measure established.
photo credit: Kongharald
Food Safety Bills- Misdiagnosis Strikes Again
© Doreen Hannes 2009
Houston, We DO Have a Problem……
Is there a problem in our food supply? Most people would hazard to guess that yes, there are more issues now than in the past several decades. And they would be correct. So how has this happened?
That’s where it [...]
I just signed a petition to ask our government to stop the Monsanto monopoly.
They are gaining control over a majority of the world’s seeds, through acquisitions and cut-throat business practices has cornered 90% of the soy, 65% of the corn, and 70% of the cotton market, and has a rapidly growing presence in the fruit [...]
photo credit: Hoggheff aka Hank Ashby aka Mr. Freshtags
THE ATTACK ON RAW MILK PRODUCERS IS AN ATTACK ON ALL DAIRY FARMERS
by Robert Burns, Aiki Farms
For many hundreds of years raw milk has been a wonderful food source. From mothers breast, we go to mares milk, to goat milk, and most popular of all the [...]
Yesterday, National Public Radio’s flagship news “magazine” show had a revealing story on what is behind the U.S. dairy industry woes. Through mergers and acquisitions, Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America have come to dominate the milk market and are squeezing the life out of America’s dairy farms. While Dean Foods executives brag about their “sunny days of record profits,” family farmers are having to risk their life savings to stay in business just a little while longer…
A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress-HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs to be stopped. HR 2749 gives FDA tremendous power while significantly diminishing existing judicial restraints on actions taken by the agency. The bill would impose a one-size-fits-all regulatory scheme on small farms and local artisanal producers; and it would disproportionately impact their operations for the worse.
