" Share CFSA’s report, Hurting NC’s Local Food Harvest, with media and
decision makers in your community, to let them know how much is at stake
in the fight for commonsense food safety rules."
1. Keep up the pressure on the Senate. Call NC Senators Burr and
Hagan, and SC Senators DeMint and Graham to tell them you support the
Sanders, Bennet, Boxer, Stabenow and Tester amendments to S.510. Thank
Sen. Burr for supporting the Sanders, Bennet, Boxer and Stabenow
amendments and for supporting local food producers on the traceability
issue. Here are the phone numbers:
Sen. Burr (NC): (202) 224-3154
Sen. Hagan (NC): (202)-224-6342
Sen. DeMint (SC): (202) 224-6121 Sen.
Graham (SC): (202) 224-5972
2. Call your U.S. House Representative to tell them that S.510 is
far superior to HR.2749, the food safety bill the House passed last
year. Ask them to support the Senate Bill in negotiations between the
two chambers. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard, (202) 224-3121, to be
connected with your Representative’s office.
3. If you see articles and statements claiming that “special
interests” are watering down the bill with “exemptions for small farms,”
set the record straight. Make comments, blog, tweet, Facebook (is that
a verb?)… whatever channels you use to connect with your community, help
us get the healthy food story out there.
4. Share CFSA’s report, Hurting NC’s Local Food Harvest, with
media and decision makers in your community, to let them know how much
is at stake in the fight for commonsense food safety rules.
As with the 2008 Farm Bill, the sustainable agriculture movement is
elbowing its way to the table to protect and promote healthy food and
farming for all. Your support is what makes these successes possible.