Friday, July 17, 2009

AFRICA: Organic Farming Could be Answer to Food Insecurity


By Stephanie Nieuwoudt
CAPE TOWN, Jul 17 (IPS) - Commercial farmers sometimes fail at organic farming because they switch over too quickly, ditching all chemicals, which is as traumatic for the soil as "a drug addict going cold turkey"...

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

New Bill (HR2749) Gives FDA Unheard-of Power over Small Farmers, Food and Supplement Producers


American Association of Health Freedom

A new, long-awaited food safety bill is now before the US House of Representatives. It is the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, or FSEA. Introduced by Reps. Henry Waxman (D–CA) and John Dingell (D–MI), the FSEA is meant to address food safety concerns. But as you will see, much of it is not about food safety at all. Food safety issues have arisen from large agricultural operations. But this bill places its harshest burdens on small food producers and supplement producers.

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