MoniDew
04-09-2009, 12:49 PM
I don't remember where the original post is on this topic, even after running a search for it here. But this topic came up again, on another board on which I participate. I already posted this over at FaceBook, and I wanted to make sure that I copy/paste my comments here as well. (yes, that means it's a copy/paste of a copy/paste. :rolleyes:) So here it is:
The following is a copy/paste from a message board on which I participate. The regulation in question is one that seeks to control all "food establishments," and "food production facilities," as well as every "farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation." This law seeks to control EVERY food-related facility, including, but not limited to, anywhere food is prepared and served to customers, as well as backyard gardeners who simply supply their own families and a few backfence neighbors and friends.
If you are not licensed by law to produce food, using specific and strictly controlled sources, (and that last phrase is the key to this whole thing,) you can be arrested. In other words, you must use their seeds, their foods, etc. to produce your goods. You must be licensed to do so, because their seeds/foods are patented. They will arrest you for patent infringement if you are not licensed, yet still using their seeds/foods - believe me, you can be and not even know it! And they will arrest you/sue you out of existence if you refuse to use what they supply, whether by choice of conscience or by accident.
Here is what I wrote on the message board as my reply:
Terrifying! It's the only word that describes what this legislation really represents.
I garden because organics are important to me. Protecting my & my family's health, as well as contributing to the overall wellbeing of the soils, water, and air, is a part of who I am as a human being.
But we are dealing with HUGE agra-industrial giants here who want absolute power (WORLD DOMINATION) of the food supply! Remember: Power Corrupts; and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely!
These powers (Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, Kraft, General Mills, etc) are deeply and incestuously imbedded in our government on all ends of the political spectrum. Have been, for decades!
To them, this is not about party politics. This is about power & control. He who controls the food supply runs the world! Imagine being able to control entire populations of people by either supplying, or withholding food! This issue will not go away overnight - if ever!
What is worse, they've already INTENTIONALLY whittled down the world's population by the use of known carcinogens in the food supply. The major chemical giants (Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, etc) and the food giants they supply (Kraft, General Mills, etc) have done more to cause the 50% cancer rates in this country than any other source. Inspite of all their "marketing" to the contrary, they are NOT HEROES, supplying the world with "food." They are murderers, pure and simple, and should be treated as such.
The only option is guerilla gardening! Until they lock up my organic @$$, I'm going to keep preventing cancer statistics from rising, and fight these monsters until I die!
Inflammatory words?! YES! But this is a MAJOR, hot-button issue. And it is so little-known. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it! Thank you!
The following is a copy/paste from a message board on which I participate. The regulation in question is one that seeks to control all "food establishments," and "food production facilities," as well as every "farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation." This law seeks to control EVERY food-related facility, including, but not limited to, anywhere food is prepared and served to customers, as well as backyard gardeners who simply supply their own families and a few backfence neighbors and friends.
If you are not licensed by law to produce food, using specific and strictly controlled sources, (and that last phrase is the key to this whole thing,) you can be arrested. In other words, you must use their seeds, their foods, etc. to produce your goods. You must be licensed to do so, because their seeds/foods are patented. They will arrest you for patent infringement if you are not licensed, yet still using their seeds/foods - believe me, you can be and not even know it! And they will arrest you/sue you out of existence if you refuse to use what they supply, whether by choice of conscience or by accident.
Here is what I wrote on the message board as my reply:
Terrifying! It's the only word that describes what this legislation really represents.
I garden because organics are important to me. Protecting my & my family's health, as well as contributing to the overall wellbeing of the soils, water, and air, is a part of who I am as a human being.
But we are dealing with HUGE agra-industrial giants here who want absolute power (WORLD DOMINATION) of the food supply! Remember: Power Corrupts; and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely!
These powers (Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, Kraft, General Mills, etc) are deeply and incestuously imbedded in our government on all ends of the political spectrum. Have been, for decades!
To them, this is not about party politics. This is about power & control. He who controls the food supply runs the world! Imagine being able to control entire populations of people by either supplying, or withholding food! This issue will not go away overnight - if ever!
What is worse, they've already INTENTIONALLY whittled down the world's population by the use of known carcinogens in the food supply. The major chemical giants (Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, etc) and the food giants they supply (Kraft, General Mills, etc) have done more to cause the 50% cancer rates in this country than any other source. Inspite of all their "marketing" to the contrary, they are NOT HEROES, supplying the world with "food." They are murderers, pure and simple, and should be treated as such.
The only option is guerilla gardening! Until they lock up my organic @$$, I'm going to keep preventing cancer statistics from rising, and fight these monsters until I die!
Inflammatory words?! YES! But this is a MAJOR, hot-button issue. And it is so little-known. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it! Thank you!