Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
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If Obama's wife say's we can't have potatoes acording to the dinner plate she will not be helping Idaho farmers.
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My God-Geez how the hell is the Monsanto Vilsack now Secretary of Agriculture/GOV? Geez I thought it was just this state/GOV! thereafter coming on youtube I guess I was right of Obama he needs to quit the terror crap and to knock off patting bad on the back as he did this states crooked Gov. Hey OBAMA I STILL WANT MY OVER 65000. IN LOSSES YOUR PREDITOR GOVERNMENT FRIENDS CAUSED!!!!!!!
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Yes, I do know my farmer because I belong to a CSA. It's been an interesting experience - I eat more 'seasonally' now (I live in NY State) so no tomatoes when it isn't tomato season. Many seem to think that CSA is a luxe indulgence. Actually mine is reasonably priced and low income shares are offered. Many CSAs take food stamps. Everyone deserves fresh food; the less your food travels, the fresher and much better tasting it is. It's not rocket science.
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Shame on Senators Roberts, McCain, and Chambliss for opposing this program.
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Some ideas are:
- Resources or local communities that help teach people how to grow an urban organic garden on their balcony, indoors, or in their backyards.
- Educational material on growing seasonal vegetables and other specific topics.
- An online community or forum to link people together that are all advocating healthy, nutritious, organic and local food systems, and those that are trying to live that lifestyle.
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It would help if people didn't have the right to hold patents on seeds. This ruins the little farmers...no one should be allowed to produce self-terminating seeds or sue others for seed use.
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Can you please direct me to your resources? I would like to learn more about this.
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If you really want local agriculture to thrive, then get out of the way! I don't want to be regulated out of business, I don't want any government subsidies. I can only speak for myself as a local farmer, but I think that the majority of small farmers feel the same way. Change the laws to make it easy for local agriculture to thrive.
HenFruitFarms 2 years ago 3
I think minimizing regulations would help encourage local sustainable agriculture. It not just fruits and vegetables that we can get from farmers markets and local farms; we can also get eggs, milk, milk products and meats but there are a lot of needless regulations that limit opportunity.
If a business/farm is local it is easy for the consumer to visit and see for himself the quality and care that goes into the food produced.
mykittykatie 2 years ago 2