Stephanie
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Under the guise they CARE for you, this is how they Destroy you and take control of everything you do...but a lot of you say they know what's best...so onward they will march over you..You think Ofailcare was about health care reform...think again....onward march
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Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review
Organic farmer Don Kretschmann loads crates to be filled with fresh vegetables. He worries new regulations from the Food Safety and Modernization Act will drive many small farms out of business.
By Chris Togneri
Published: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, 11:24 p.m.
Updated 2 hours ago
Organic farmer Don Kretschmann walked around his picturesque but ancient barn and stepped up to a rustic barrel root crop washer.
It's a simple machine, he said, consisting of long, wooden planks that form a cylinder, which he uses to clean freshly harvested produce on his Beaver County farm. Soil-covered carrots and potatoes go in one end, the cylinder rotates, water sprays in and clean vegetables emerge.
“But who knows if I'll be allowed to keep using it?” said Kretschmann, who has farmed about 15 acres since he and his wife, Becky, bought the land in 1978. “Or this barn, it's 150 years old. I don't know if it will pass the new (regulations).”
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday will conclude a 10-month public comment period on wide-ranging regulations proposed under the Food Safety and Modernization Act, which Congress passed in 2011 because of deadly food contaminations.
Small farmers and some consumers contend the regulations are an example of government overreach that could cripple the increasingly popular locally-grown food movement. The rules for storage facilities could force farmers to pay tens of thousands of dollars to replace barns with sterile warehouses, they say.
Farmers say another requirement, to document all wild animals that come in contact with farms, is impractical and that water management proposals and restrictions on composting are burdensome.
“Who would want to deal with all this?” said Kretschmann, who sells produce to 1,385 customers within 30 miles of his Rochester farm. “I tell you, it's scary.”
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Read more: Proposed government regulations a concern for owners of small farms | TribLIVE
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welcome to ObamaNation..
SNIP:
Andrew Russell | Tribune-Review
Organic farmer Don Kretschmann loads crates to be filled with fresh vegetables. He worries new regulations from the Food Safety and Modernization Act will drive many small farms out of business.
By Chris Togneri
Published: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, 11:24 p.m.
Updated 2 hours ago
Organic farmer Don Kretschmann walked around his picturesque but ancient barn and stepped up to a rustic barrel root crop washer.
It's a simple machine, he said, consisting of long, wooden planks that form a cylinder, which he uses to clean freshly harvested produce on his Beaver County farm. Soil-covered carrots and potatoes go in one end, the cylinder rotates, water sprays in and clean vegetables emerge.
“But who knows if I'll be allowed to keep using it?” said Kretschmann, who has farmed about 15 acres since he and his wife, Becky, bought the land in 1978. “Or this barn, it's 150 years old. I don't know if it will pass the new (regulations).”
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday will conclude a 10-month public comment period on wide-ranging regulations proposed under the Food Safety and Modernization Act, which Congress passed in 2011 because of deadly food contaminations.
Small farmers and some consumers contend the regulations are an example of government overreach that could cripple the increasingly popular locally-grown food movement. The rules for storage facilities could force farmers to pay tens of thousands of dollars to replace barns with sterile warehouses, they say.
Farmers say another requirement, to document all wild animals that come in contact with farms, is impractical and that water management proposals and restrictions on composting are burdensome.
“Who would want to deal with all this?” said Kretschmann, who sells produce to 1,385 customers within 30 miles of his Rochester farm. “I tell you, it's scary.”
all of it here
Read more: Proposed government regulations a concern for owners of small farms | TribLIVE
Follow us: @triblive on Twitter | triblive on Facebook
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