WTO doesn't want us to know where our food comes from... - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T12:10:06Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/wto-doesn-t-want-us-to-know-where-our-food-comes-from?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A253433&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI secretly had held out some…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-22:4778851:Comment:2534332011-11-22T00:28:07.444ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>I secretly had held out some hope some that the new Farm Bill would embrace a modicum of reform. Not a major overhaul, but at least a bit of a push in the right direction. But the way they have now decided to just rush it through and write the whole thing in a matter of weeks, behind closed doors by-passing any semblance of democratic process...it's rather disheartening. …</p>
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<p>I secretly had held out some hope some that the new Farm Bill would embrace a modicum of reform. Not a major overhaul, but at least a bit of a push in the right direction. But the way they have now decided to just rush it through and write the whole thing in a matter of weeks, behind closed doors by-passing any semblance of democratic process...it's rather disheartening. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ift.org/Food-Technology/Past-Issues/2011/November/Columns/SCIENCE-AND-POLICY-INITIATIVES.aspx">http://www.ift.org/Food-Technology/Past-Issues/2011/November/Columns/SCIENCE-AND-POLICY-INITIATIVES.aspx</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/author/bgrossmancohen/">http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/author/bgrossmancohen/</a></p>
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<p> </p> Agree...tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-21:4778851:Comment:2532682011-11-21T23:09:57.200ZTom McLemorehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TomMcLemore
<p>Agree...</p>
<p>Agree...</p> Wow, very "interesting" indee…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-21:4778851:Comment:2532642011-11-21T22:35:54.364ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Wow, very "interesting" indeed. Then again if you actually <em>care</em> about where your food comes from, you could always get to know your farmer, enroll in a meat CSA, go to your local farmers market, mail order your grass fed meat etc...Or, hey here's a novel idea, <em>don't purchase or consume products that are of questionable origin, (or that you for whatever reason have a moral quandary over). </em>I mean half the reason governments/corporations get away with things like this is that…</p>
<p>Wow, very "interesting" indeed. Then again if you actually <em>care</em> about where your food comes from, you could always get to know your farmer, enroll in a meat CSA, go to your local farmers market, mail order your grass fed meat etc...Or, hey here's a novel idea, <em>don't purchase or consume products that are of questionable origin, (or that you for whatever reason have a moral quandary over). </em>I mean half the reason governments/corporations get away with things like this is that most folks really just don't care. Or at least not enough to change their shopping habits. </p>