permaculture

[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

The Tester amendment to S510 DOES NOT automatically protect small 
sustainable farms. Farms have to apply for the exemption, and the 
application process can be as burdensome as the paperwork for 
non-exempt farms! I do not have space to describe everything that the 
application must contain, but the FDA can deny it if they do not 
approve of the farm products. Say goodbye to raw dairy! What kind of 
exemption is that?

By a kind of miracle, S510 is stalled (the bill includes new taxes 
[called fees], which only the House can propose, under the 
Constitution). It is still important to contact our representatives 
and ask them to reject S510. There is hope that this abomination can 
be stopped!

If stopped this is, of course, good news for animal factories, 
Monsanto, ADM and etc., which was likely the result they aimed for.

--

Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
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