HR 875 Threatens small farmers/gardeners!

[Bruce Askelsen]

HR 875 Food Safety Modernization Act now in the U.S. congress threatens the existance of small farmers, farmers markets and small scale food processors. As it is now, every sale of food from any entity will have to be bar coded and registered. Whether you sell a 20 ton semi load or 1# , the paperwork is the same.
Check www.organicconsumers.org
www.cornucopia.org

[Jim Tripp]

I have heard conflicting opinions about the prospects and consequences of this bill. This short article shines a little light on the "food safety" bills that are popping up in Congress right now.

The author makes an obvious yet very important observation, that we need to "include specific language in the bills that will guarantee that small family farms, backyard gardens, personal livestock, farmers markets, and all forms of food self-sufficiency and farmer-direct purchasing are protected. Because the right to buy milk from your neighbor or grow your own food is as inalienable as the right to bear arms." Yes.