03.15.09
Will Organic Food Be Abolished?
Yesterday Patti sent me some information regarding possible danger to our current organic farming practices. Evidently there are two bills being presented and fast tracked, HR 875 aka Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, and S 425 aka Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act. On the surface they seem reasonable enough, however, my concern is that it may also endanger organic farming practices by forcing them to use chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other dangerous chemicals to remain in compliance to these bills. I also am very against the idea that farmers have to implant chips into their livestock for monitoring/tracking. These types of practices will also drive the costs up for the small local farmers and push them out of business. My family and I currently rely heavily on organic foods, so this has me quite concerned and hope to keep a close eye on the progress of this. We have been supporting organic farming and husbandry practices for about 10 years now, and we don’t want to see organic farming go away. We have been paying extra just to keep chemicals out of our diets, and certainly don’t want to end up not even having a choice about it. So I do feel that it’s important to raise awareness that these bills are currently being presented. Please make you voice heard that we want chemical-free and non-genetically modified foods. Our health and the health of our loved ones depend on it.
For those who may not understand some of the perils we face from genetically modified foods, here’s a video you might like to watch. What we do here in the U.S. not only affects us here, but the rest of the world as well because imports and exports continues to spread products all over the world.
Another video which explains the dangers of chemicals and genetic engineering of our foods can be viewed from a video called, The Future of Foods. I wrote about this last year and embedded the video on my post, which can be viewed here.
Luckily, here in Los Angeles, there is an awareness for the need for clean, quality foods. I pray that many more people will also become aware and make their voices heard that we demand the right to choose natural, unadulterated foods.
Marlakins
