Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

These things come up at our markets. Far as I know it all concerns processed 
or prepared foods rather than raw produce straight from the farm. Local 
agencies have a job to do with restaurants and other food sellers, and it's a 
legitimate public health concern. Apparently the commercial kitchen rule is 
about having a location that can be inspected as needed. It's a bother I 
know, but these kitchens are sometimes available for hourly rent at various 
institutions. It's reassuring to know the guy selling burritos & such is 
approved by the health dept. and you won't detour to the ER. And it obviously 
pays to stay on good terms with the local authorities.

We're not allowed to cut and grill our sweet roasting peppers on site for 
samples. Yet they do approve letting the market manager table do that for us. 
Go figure. It is a big deal because the flavor or those grilled giant 
marconis sells every person who tastes them. And that's at one dollar EACH - 
(at that price we can't afford to eat them .. )

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 4/15/2010 at 10:31 AM David Tannen wrote:

>Try this on for size.
>
>The Franklin Farmers' Market in Franklin, TN just outside of Nashville, TN,
>has adopted the following rules for the farmers market.  They have done so
>after meeting with the Food Safety Administrator at the Dept of Ag.
>
>"All samples of food or food products will be prepared in the commercial
>kitchen or domestic kitchen before bringing to the market and must be in
>covered containers and brought to the market intact ad sampled to customers
>in this manner"
>
>"No handling of unpackaged food is allowed at anytime on the market
>premises
>except in the confines of your county health department approved mobile
>food
>unit.  Mobile food unit letters of approval from your local health
>department are to be given to the market manager for the market files."
>
>I bake bread in a wood fired oven.  The board says all of my samples have
>to
>be prepared in my commercial kitchen, put in plastic cups, with lids, and
>sampled in that manner.
>
>David Tannen
>www.twinforksfarm.com
>
>
>On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Actually, no. AM radio? You've got to be kidding.
>>
>> If you want inflammatory then here's a better one:
>>
>>
>http://www.tendergrassfedmeat.com/2010/03/08/stop-senate-bill-s-510-save-organic-food/
>>
>> And these kind of bills have been kicking around for quite a while, like
>> hundreds of dumb bills that get introduced for political grandstanding
>but
>> never see the light of day. I'm a small grower and I'm not worried.
>They'd
>> need an army of bureaucrats to enforce it and they can't afford it. It
>> doesn't pass the laugh test.
>>
>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>>
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>>
>> On 4/14/2010 at 7:33 PM John Bischoff wrote:
>>
>> >You may wish to propagate this to other lists.
>> >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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