Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[John Bischoff <mingol@roadrunner.com>]

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John

An old and entirely trusted friend writes:

> I discovered this monster yesterday on AM radio on my way home from 
> work.  It calls for $500 registration fee and $95/hour fee paid to 
> FDA inspectors (to insure fed stds are being met) for home gardens, 
> small organic gardening and farms and similar operations, ranches, 
> chicken egg producers, et al.  In other words, it will effectively 
> (due to its lame vague language) serve to eliminate all farming and 
> food-producing entities except the ConAgras and force the food 
> industry into bankruptcy just as with the health care, auto, 
> banking, and stock market.  When the food industry comes under gov't 
> control, they will have us for sure.  I had my classes today phone 
> Sr. Richard Burr (that asshole co-sponsored the legislation) and Sr. 
> Kay Hagan to complain and to state that if they voted for this bill, 
> we would work to insure that they were never to serve in Congress or 
> another public office again.
>
> The underlying philosophy, of course, of this bill is to "protect 
> America's food supply."  Like it isn't already polluted !!  Guess 
> who's the main sponsor and lobbyist for this bill?  MONSANTO 
> !!  That, in itself, tells a lot.  In fact, the wording requires 
> anyone who has a garden (even for a small family one) to use certain 
> pesticides and to keep a database of all ingredients put into soil, 
> on plants, etc., in order to be in compliance with fed stds.  If 
> this is such a critical bill, then why is it scheduled for a Senate 
> vote this week ??!!  The house has already passed it !!  The people 
> are gittin' steamed !!

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