Green | July 19, 2009 | 10 comments

US House and Senate are about to pass a Bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875)

There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the
> next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening.

Main backer and lobbyist is Monsanto!
– chemical and genetic engineering giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and
about 35 other related agri-giants).

This bill will require organic farms to use specific fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by the
newly formed agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". This will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not for sales.

If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected diseases in humans.

The name on this outrageous food plan is:
> Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (bill HR 875).

I found this article, with ability to sign a petition at the bottom: http://bit.ly/19dmDd

You can also view the HR 875 and S 425 bills' details : http://bit.ly/10PnX and http://bit.ly/16FBNc


> THIS IS REAL, FOLKS! PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL CONCERNED ON YOUR MAILING LISTS & CALL YOUR SENATE REPRESENTETIVES TODAY!

The following link is a list of the U.S. senators and their:
contact info: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
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10 comments // US House and Senate are about to pass a Bill that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875)

  • kinchasa
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      kinchasa  

    • Did any of you actually read the bill, other than the one paragraph that clears up the definitions?

      The main focus of HR 875 is to ensure that food being prepared and sold to the public is uncontaminated. A lot of this is already done by the FDA, but there is not official position within the federal government who is ultimately responsible for it, which is why we still have contaminations that sicken hundreds of Americans. This isn't about the government coming into your backyard and forcing you to use pesticides - it's about ensuring that YOU and your children don't get sick.

      In fact, the only time the entire bill even USES the word "pesticide" is when it states that one of the goals of the Food Safety Administration is to ensure that there are no pesticide residues on food served to the public. You know, the same kind of thing you don't want.

      Go ahead. Read it.

      To be honest, I didn't even care about this issue until a friend of mine sent me this link and asked why she hadn't seen it on the news if this was such a huge deal. Now that I've read the actual bill, I can tell that this sort of argument is nothing more than sensationalism. It's no different than saying that a bill allowing gay marriage means that the government is going to come into your home and force a man to bugger your son. Calm down, people, take a breath, and do your research before you start signing petitions against a bill that might actually share your views.

    • 2 years ago
  • SeaJade
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      SeaJade  
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    • See related link on junk foods:
      Excerpt from article:
      The most recent "good news" is that the FDA is pushing for "preventative process controls" through the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (HR 875) and the Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749), in order "to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness and ensuring the safety of food." Problem is, the process controls the government will deem as necessary will likely be too expensive for small organic farmers who are doing more to keep this country healthy than the huge agribusiness companies (Tyson, Sedexho, Hormel) who can buy bigger freezers and continue to sell nicely wrapped crap.

      What the passing of HR 875 and 2749 could mean is a loss of organic, small-farm options and a reduction of both the shopper's autonomy and the good things that are happening in the food world today.

      Endangered are farmers' markets, Community Supported Agriculture, and programs like the Farm to Cafeteria initiative, which fills cafeterias with fresh heads of lettuce and teaches kids that accountability can mean nurturing little green lives. These programs banish the resentment often extended toward the gourmet, neo-hippie organic movement. Supplying cafeterias with local organic food isn't fancy; it's cheaper than skipping lunch. In the long run, our tax dollars wouldn't subsidize the petroleum that keep factories surging, trucks transporting our tomatoes, and our health insurance bills skyrocketing."

    • 2 years ago
  • Savvy888
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  • SeaJade
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      SeaJade  

    • Thanks for posting.... the same group of people who are poisoning us with their chemical products that they insist shoving down our throat whether we like it or not, seem to be the same group of people that would like to see us without health insurance.... who are the same group of friends that are also insisting on taking away our choices for health care...
      Do you think they might be doing this on purpose or are "they" that stupid and disconnected to not realize that poison = poison, you eat it breathe it drink it, you will be poisoned, usually slowly with the effects showing up bit by bit....

    • 2 years ago
  • Savvy888
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  • rickm8
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