Since the Clintons people associated with Monsanto have been given more policy power in government. American people refuse to be lab rats for agri-business. This is exactly why there is the demand for organically grown products and growth of farmer’s markets. We are playing Russian roulette with our future. We only really know about maybe 10%, of all of the many organisms and life on this planet. Monsanto has no idea how all of their tampering with GMOs will affect an overall system that we know little about. Their arrogance at endangering future generations is staggering. Their “terminator” gene is frightening. Of course they insist that it will not affect non-GMO seed like the GMO seed that has contaminated heirloom seeds grown around the world for thousands of years. This is why GMO seed has been banned in most of the rest of the world. Worldwide people are trying to stop GMO products. HR875 is all about control and has NOTHING to do with food safety. Don’t be dupped. FIGHT BACK!

first, this is the page for s.425, not hr 875.

second, while i agree that monsanto’s access to power and the frightening unknowns of gmo’s deserve great alarm, that is not what this bill is about.

this bill, s.425, is about giving teeth to the inspection agencies that came out of Sinclair’s “The Jungle”.

this bill is trying to make the world a better place, not the monsanto-controlled place of which you fear.

this bill is a chance for us to pull ourselves up from our fears and use the government to a good end: better enforcement of a federal issue.

this bill, s.425, is not without flaws and i believe could do more for protecting small farmers. but, i personally believe, giving the usda and fda some dentures is better than leaving them with next to no teeth at all.

http://geeks.pirillo.com/profiles/blogs/monsanto-is-destroying-farmers

Substantial fees associated with this bill will put small farmers out of business and create a monopoly for large corporations. I object to being force fed by Monsanto and the like. How about the FDA and USDA do their damn job and stop accepting payoffs from big ag and maybe the recent scares we have seen wouldn’t happen.

Write your representatives and urge them to oppose this, that is of course unless you want to be force fed by large corporations.

This video explains it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZL6q-3LOw

with no sarcasm at all:
did i miss reference to any fees?
i saw the penalty fee to be levied for distributing a recalled item.
were there others?

and if not, are you working on the assumption all farmers will be required to pay into this system?

if that is your fear, then let’s work to prevent THAT, rather than preventing the whole bill.

you say the fda and usda should do their jobs. it has been my experience that the people who work for the agencies would love to be more effective and are struggling due to underfunding and under-staffing.

this bill, as i read it, is about about giving the fda and the usda more power to accomplish their goals. now let’s get the authors and/or committees to work on the funding so that the agencies need not (a) assess burdening fees or (b) turn to monsanto and like for operating cash.

Leave my food alone! I’m a responsible adult who can make my own choices. I don’t buy products from Mexico or BIG AGRI if I have another choice. The point isn’t where you buy your food from it’s that it’s YOUR CHOICE! I can “inspect” my local farmers goods. I know what to use and not to use on the food I grow myself. Stay away from AMERICAN

and go after the foreign suppliers. Thank you!