AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE

They meet July 16, 09

ALABAMA -- Bobby Bright (AL-2) 202-225-2901 202-225-8913
Mike Rogers (AL-3) 202-225-3261 202-226-8485
CALIFORNIA -- Joe Baca (CA-43) 202-225-6161 202-225-8671
Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) 202-225-6131 202-225-0819
Jim Costa (CA-20) 202-225-3341 202-225-9308
COLORADO -- Betsy Markey (CO-4) 202-225-4676 202-225-5870
GEORGIA -- David Scott (GA-13) 202-225-2939 202-225-4628
Jim Marshall (GA-8) 202-225-6531 202-225-3013
IDAHO -- Walt Minnick (ID-1) 202-225-6611 202-225-3029
ILLINOIS -- Deborah Halvorson (IL-11) 202-225-3635 202-225-3521
Timothy Johnson (IL-15) 202-225-2371 202-226-0791
INDIANA -- Brad Ellsworth (IN-8) 202-225-4636 202-225-3284
IOWA -- Leonard Boswell (IA-3) 202-225-3806 202-225-5608
Steve King (IA-5) 202-225-4426 202-225-3193
KANSAS -- Jerry Moran (KS-1) 202-225-2715 202-225-5124
LOUISIANA -- Bill Cassidy (LA-6) 202-225-3901 202-225-7313
MARYLAND -- Frank Kratovil, Jr. (MD-1) 202-225-5311 202-225-0254
MICHIGAN -- Mark Schauer (MI-7) 202-225-6276 202-225-6281
MINNESOTA -- Tim Walz (MN-1) 202-225-2472 202-225-3433
MISSISSIPPI -- Travis Childers (MS-1) 202-225-4306 202-225-3549
MISSOURI -- Sam Graves (MO-6) 202-225-7041 202-225-8221
Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) 202-225-2956 202-225-5712
Adrian Smith (NE-3) 202-225-6435 202-225-0207
NEWYORK -- Eric Massa (NY-29) 202-225-3161 202-226-6599
NORTH CAROLINA -- Mike McIntyre (NC-7) 202-225-2731 202-225-5773
Larry Kissell (NC-8) 202-225-3715 202-225-4036
NORTH DAKOTA -- Earl Pomeroy (ND-at large) 202-225-2611 202-226-0893
OHIO -- John Boccieri (OH-16) 202-225-3876 202-225-3059
Jean Schmidt (OH-2) 202-225-3164 202-225-1992
Robert Latta (OH-5) 202-225-6405 202-225-1985
OKLAHOMA -- Frank Lucas
(OK-3), Ranking Member

202-225-5565 202-225-8698
PENNSYLVANIA --Tim Holden (PA-17) 202-225-5546 202-226-0996
Kathleen Dahlkemper (PA-3) 202-225-5406 202-225-3103
Glenn Thompson (PA-5) 202-225-5121 202-225-5796
SOUTH DAKOTA -- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
(SD-at large)

202-225-2801 202-225-5823
TENNESSEE -- Phil Roe (TN-1) 202-225-6356 202-225-5714
TEXAS -- Henry Cuellar (TX-28) 202-225-1640 202-225-1641
Randy Neugebauer (TX-19) 202-225-4005 202-225-9615
K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) 202-225-3605 202-225-1783
VIRGINIA -- Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) 202-225-5431 202-225-9681
WISCONSIN -- Steve Kagen (WI-8) 202-225-5665 202-225-5729
WYOMING -- Cynthia Lummis (WY-at large) 202-225-2311 202-225-3057

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Liana Hoodes
National Organic Action Plan
National Organic Coalition
3540 Route 52
Pine Bush, NY 12566
Phone and Fax: 845-744-2304
http://www.NationalOrganicCoalition.org


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ACTION PAGE:

Ask Congress to Defeat HR 2749
9,269 Submissions so far
111th U.S. Congress - House Bill HR 2749 [Click here for FAQs]

A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress--HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs to be stopped!

HR 2749 gives FDA tremendous power while significantly diminishing existing judicial restraints on actions taken by the agency. The bill would impose a one-size-fits-all regulatory scheme on small farms and local artisanal producers; and it would disproportionately impact their operations for the worse.

HR 2749 does not address underlying causes of food safety problems such as industrial agriculture practices and the consolidation of our food supply. The industrial food system and food imports are badly in need of effective regulation, but the HR 2749 does not specifically direct regulation or resources to these areas.

http://www.ftcldf.org/petitions/pnum993.php


You can send messages to Congress through the FTCLDF petition
here.

OTHER PETITIONS

Tell Congress ‘One size does not fit all’ when it comes to regulating food safety! We the Undersigned urge you to support amendments to Federal Food Safety legislation that draw a clear line between small local processors and direct market growers selling locally and the long, industrial, multi-sourced food supply chains where foodborne pathogens have appeared and created problems. FDA oversight is overreaching and unnecessary for small processors selling into local markets and direct market producers.

MARGIE MACDONALD OF THE
WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS
told me July 17, 09 that she felt an amendment
was further needed that was good for the
small farmers. You will find their main
flyer on #HR2749 here:

http://curezone.com/upload/Blogs/Your_Enchanted_Gardener/Food_Safety_Act2.pdf


OTHER THINGS TO DO

TWEETER CONGRESS
http://tweetcongress.org/

Establish a working relationship with your
Congress person and Senator!
Send thanks to those in support of amendments to
#HR2749.

Contact info for Legislators are located
on the Tweeter Congress site.

There are a number of Legislators
who are open to hearing local farm points of view.
I will detail them on future blogs.


GIVE INPUT TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA's FOOD SAFETY WORKNG GROUP


THESE ARE THE AMENDMENTS TO #HR2749
from RUSSELL LIBBY OF THE MOFGA


Russell has been has been working for this Amendment:
Sustainable and Organic Farming Proposed Revisions to Pallone Amendment of ‘Food Safety Enhancement Act’ – 6/11/09

These amendments need to be discussed and included
in #HR2749

OTHER PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOGS
on this TOPIC will help you understand the issues.

OPENING TESIMONIES from the Hearing
July 16 of the AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE


12;42 PM
July 18, 09

Collin C. Peterson, head of the Ag Committee, only accepts
emails for those who live in his area.
I will call back on Monday. The box is full.

I wrote this to REB SUSAN DAVIS,
my representative in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thank you for contacting my office. Please PRINT this page for your records.


Your comments were recorded as:

Name: Leslie Goldman
E-mail Address: Plantyourdream@cox.net
Phone: 619.582.9669
Street Address: 6008 Arosa St.
City: San Diego
Zip: 92115-3809
Comments: Dear Susan, Thanks for continuing to represent us so well. I have attended your Town Meetings here in San DIego. Please convey my appreciation to Collin C Peterson of the Ag Committee for his responsible actions re: #usbill #Hr2749. We need a bill, but this bill needs a lot more work. I cannot support it in its current form. Please keep up with the issue of Food Safety. Please support the local family and organic farmers in their needs, dear Susan. I vote for you because I trust you. Leslie

http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/susan-davis





Please support and learn about
local, organic farmers in your neighborhood.
They are growing the last remaining
therapeutic quality food we have.
Family farmers are the backbone of
American Agriculture.

The small family farmers eat the food
they grow. Those that work the farmers' Markets
see the eyes and smiles of those they grow food
for each week. Their food is healthy.
Local organic farmers represent the future
of a healthy Food Safety. The are the cornerstone
of Earth-Based Homeland Security.
--Leslie

July 18, 09
12:59 PM
OTHER PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOGS
TO READ ON HEALTHY FOOD SAFETY

NATIONAL FOOD EMERGENCY:

http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1454239

PROS and CONS on #USbill #HR 2749
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1455917


FDA ON THE FARM
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1458187

uploaded July 18, 09

FDA ON THE FARM
CAROLYN LOCHHEAH Articles
this week:

http://overlawyered.com/2009/07/tearing-up-the-farm-in-safetys-name/



Tearing up the farm, in safety’s name
by WALTER OLSON on JULY 17, 2009
Eye-opening account by Carolyn Lochhead in the San Francisco Chronicle of some of the collateral damage in the farm-safety panic. For fear of bacterial contamination, farmers are now increasingly obliged to act rigorously against any sign of wildlife, whether frogs, squirrels, birds or mice:

…ponds are being poisoned and bulldozed. Vegetation harboring pollinators and filtering storm runoff is being cleared. Fences and poison baits line wildlife corridors.

Even organic techniques of surrounding crops with hedges of pest-resistant vegetation are being foiled by buyers’ demands that an entirely sterile ring be installed instead.

Auditors have told [farmer Ken] Kimes that no children younger than 5 can be allowed on his farm for fear of diapers. He has been asked to issue identification badges to all visitors.

Full article here.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/07/13/MN0218DVJ8.DTL

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