[Market-farming] End of Farmers Markets?

STEVE GILMAN stevegilman at verizon.net
Tue Apr 14 14:21:40 EDT 2009


Hi folks,

	I'm really sorry to see that this discredited misinformation is  
still being given any credence as it continues to fly around the  
internet. While we all need to be diligent -- blind acceptance of  
scare-style internet rumors doesn't do small farmers' credibility any  
good either.

And while clarifications to Rosa DeLauro's bill specifically exempt  
small scale farmers who direct market (such as Farmers Markets, CSAs,  
roadside stands, local restaurants) and locally-based wholesale (such  
as farm to school programs) her bill is not expected to do much in  
committee. The irony here is that a number of other bills are MUCH  
more problematic. There's still a long way to go for ANY legislation,  
however, with plenty of opportunity to constructively work to fashion  
a positive outcome for small scale farmers.
For an overview please go to: www.nofa.org

Meanwhile, there's not a one of us whose farming operation wouldn't  
benefit from our own increased attention to food safety measures in  
our fields, packing sheds and market counters....

thanks,

Steve
Ruckytucks Farm

On Apr 14, 2009, at 1:21 PM, market-farming-request at lists.ibiblio.org  
wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:55:11 -0600
> From: "Jolly Cross" <jollyannacross at tds.net>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] new topic : End of Farmers Markets?
> To: <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>,
> 	<market-farming-owner at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Message-ID: <CA39319E700043CF8E647C4D1F81418F at ROD>
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>
>
> HR 875, also known as the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, was
> introduced by Rosa Delauro - a democratic party member of the  
> United States
> House of Representatives from Connecticut - in February of 2009.   
> The title
> of HR 875, The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, sounds innocuous
> enough - even comforting, but its implications yield a much, much  
> different
> story.
>
> HR 875 as it is written today, could very well mean the end of the  
> vibrant
> and growing local foods movement.  Yes - if it passes - it could  
> herald the
> death of farmers markets, most CSAs, farmstands and even small  
> family-run
> farms altogether.
> Read the Full Article here
> http://nourishedkitchen.com/fight-hr-875-food-safety-modernization- 
> act-of-20
> 09/
> And write your congressman TODAY, this bill can not pass !!
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:33:39 -0400
> From: Road's End Farm <organic87 at frontiernet.net>
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] new topic : End of Farmers Markets?
> To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Message-ID: <58cd0890ac010588149e285db2114527 at frontiernet.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> There have been a lot of rumors going around about HR 875. One  
> place to
> go for a better informed discussion of the actual situation is the
> following:
>
> http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/foodsafety/background-on-h-r-875
>
> I also replied to this list before during an earlier discussion on  
> this
> subject, on March 16th, if you want to check the archives for that
> post.
>
> While there are some genuine reasons to be concerned about the actual
> language of federal legislation on this subject (not all of it in H.R.
> 875, either), I think that we're more likely to be able to affect this
> legislation if comments sent in on it are based on what's actually in
> the bills in question, rather than on the rumors.
>
> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
>



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