I honestly don't think this is worth our time. It seems the bell was rung by
alarmists without good reason.
The bill is about food safety, and they (the gov) have to do something
to improve it. It is a shambles right now, people are dying because of it
and criminals are not being held accountable. I want those peanut guys to do
hard time for the misery they caused.
If not this, it will be a different bill. I do not intend to read that
one, as this has been an absolute waste of time.
Community gardens--that's where our focus should be.
---McG
PS: By govt standards, this bill is actually very terse.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Liu" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] HR 875 - Read It And Focus On What IS There
Hi, everyone. I meant to finishing reading the WHOLE thing before I comment.
However, I want to second what David said, it really gives you a HUGE
headache reading the darn thing, lots of jargons. That's perhaps why people
are so worried. Nevertheless, the word that I got from another listserv was
this was pretty benign, and would be unlikely to get passed. My main concern
with the bill is the establishment of a separate agency. Oh, boy. Reminds me
of the Govermentium element email that was circulated.
Anyhow, the word is that this bill would be dropped in lieu of another
similar one. Unfortunately, I can't remember which one. This other one has
similar provisions, but will not establish another agency. There will be
some wordsmithing to revised this one. I will email once I find which one it
is if people are interested.
Diana
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--- On Tue, 3/17/09, Mike McGrath <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Mike McGrath <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] HR 875 - Read It And Focus On What IS There
To: "David King" <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 5:10 PM
Sorry, man--I want everyone to wash their hands. And if they don't, and
e-coli traces back DNA-wise to them, then they are no better than Dick
"Dark Lord" Cheney...
---Han McG
----- Original Message ----- From: "David King"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:30 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] HR 875 - Read It And Focus On What IS There
Like Mike, I've given the bill a quick read. Mind you, any other kind
of read requires some kind of headache pill that is stronger than what I
have.
I see NO threat to our seeds in the bill. I see no MENTION of seeds in
the bill. So, I think that's a read herring - possibly well-read.
However, I am somewhat concerned that farmers selling at farmers'
markets will have to meet some record keeping and other standards that I
think
are onerous. I worry for the future of the family farm if some of these
reporting and restrictions are implemented. I would like to see someone
with
more education in law read it through and say what it means for our set of
constituents - it seems to me that small producers might end up in a pickle
one
more time as the laws are written to require more paperwork and reporting
than
an average person can do in a year. (Reminds me to file my taxes...
sigh<< - not that I make so much, I work for a non-profit. I just
have to PROVE I don't make so much. Very unkind.)
david
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