Comments on: Senate Food Safety Bill Includes Improvements That Support Farmers

By: Jeremy Deck

Jeremy Deck — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:37:05 +0000

This is not about safety, this is about money. Monsanto is evil.

By: marv fritz

marv fritz — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:37:13 +0000

Just a couple of thougths about food safety. First and formost, we all get hurt when bad product hits the market. It make little difference that a person grows 1 tomato or ten million; if it is bad, we all get the rap. It makes little sense to expempt anyone from food safety rules because of size for that reason. Second, until the retail community changes how they sell our products, there is some, but very little, benefit of indentity preservation. If my produce goes on a shelf an is mixed with many others, what is the benefit? My product could be contaminated by some store customer or outside source and be blamed for the contamination that was on some persons hands that picked up the product. It is a little like the line at the airport. You have the illusion of safety, but not the reality of it.

By: Sustaining Sustainable — The FruitGuys Almanac

Sustaining Sustainable — The FruitGuys Almanac — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:45:46 +0000

[...] who choose not to use patented GMO products for seed; and the current debate over the proposed FDA standards that would hold small, organic farmers to the same production standards as large, commercial cut [...]

By: Proposed Food Safety Bill Has Little to Do with Actual “Food” or “Safety” – Or Does It? | Greenpeoplesite.com – Home

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:03:16 +0000

[...] to reducing the negative impact on small farms. Some of the key points that have small farmers and sustainability advocates looking up, assuming they remain in the bill until it goes to [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:21:00 +0000

Nice article, but here’s just a quick clarification: Sen. Bernie Sanders is not a member of either the Democratic or Republican party. As an independent, he should be referred to as (I-VT).

By: ROBERT STULL

ROBERT STULL — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:58:04 +0000

NOFA_NY CERTIFIED ORGANIC LLC. UNDER THE NOP RULES REQUIRE THAT EVERY CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARM DOCUMENT THAT WHEN AND FROM WHAT FIELD THE CROP WAS HARVESTED. THIS MEANS THE HARVEST RECORD BY DATE. CONTAINERS OF PRODUCE SOLD MUST HAVE AN IDENTIFYING LABEL TO INDICATE WHICH FARM GREW THE PRODUCT. I WAS FIRST CERTIFIED IN 1985. ONCE YOU BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THE RECORD KEEPING, IT BECOMES SECOND NATURE. I HAVE JUST OVER 60 ACRES ON WHICH I GROW ABOUT 2 TO 4 ACRES OF VEGETABLES A YEAR. I ALSO HAVE AN UNMANAGEABLE DEER HERD OF 60 TO 100 DEER THAT REGULARLY VISIT MY FIELDS. HUNTING DOES NOT SEEM TO REDUCE THE HERD AS THE DEER LEAVE MY FARM TO THE NEXT FIELD WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED A NO HUNTING AREA.THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME LET OFF SOME STEAM.

By: thank you Sustainable AG coalition. « the irresistible fleet of bicycles

thank you Sustainable AG coalition. « the irresistible fleet of bicycles — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:18:19 +0000

[...] The food safety bill (S 510) was supposed to go to the full Senate next week, but we were told today that the timing is being pushed back a week or two because the Senate will instead be debating finance reform. The following is the food safety update that NSAC put out yesterday about the status of the manager’s amendment as it stands now: http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/senate-food-safety-bill-includes-improvements-for-farmers/ [...]

By: Senate Food Safety Bill Amendments Proposed, Final Debate Delayed | Earth Eats - Indiana Public Media

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:25:27 +0000

[...] National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition applauded a package of proposed amendments this week that would be voted on as a package when the bill [...]

By: Update on Food Safety Legislation in Senate | Beginning Farmers

Update on Food Safety Legislation in Senate | Beginning Farmers — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:13:43 +0000

[...] that NSAC put out yesterday about the status of the manager’s amendment as it stands now: http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/senate-food-safety-bill-includes-improvements-for-farmers/ Tags: Bill, food safety legislation, managers amendment, pushed back, S 510, Senate, timing, [...]

By: awitteman

awitteman — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:15:23 +0000

Thanks Harry. We appreciate your comments, but some of them are untrue. The NSAC staff has in fact been working with Tester’s office for several months on the food safety bill and we support his amendments. We continue to share our members’ deep concerns over the food safety bills but are glad that due to our strenuous efforts and those of our allies, the Senate version of the bill is considerably better than the House.