2010-10-10T12:08:43Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/54780 2010-10-10T12:08:43Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-10-10:/comment/211883 duvexy Putting this registration on our foods on not only us but also foreign countries usurps power totally. 2010-10-10T12:09:44Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-10-10:/comment/211885 duvexy I totally agree. 2010-08-18T09:36:15Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-08-18:/comment/209645 redfault Agreed. More uniformity also wouldn't hurt. 2010-08-18T09:34:15Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-08-18:/comment/209644 redfault If there's a statistical difference in the number of foodborne illnesses spread by small farms and those spread by larger industry - as there naturally would be - then should we give some credit to the scale of operations? The more people you feed, the more you have the potential to make ill. The FDA has posted its share of letters of warning to small businesses with insufficient storage capacity/conditions, pest infestations, and unintended additives. 2009-04-01T07:03:11Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-01:/comment/100118 ahavens HOW DO WE APPOSE...........dont forget that our children are suffering the worst from these genetically modified foods....they are poisoning our children with growth hormones...then try to diagnose them with bullshit ...then zombify them with chemicalized meds so they can control them....grrrr 2010-04-21T19:24:25Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-04-21:/comment/193990 amgw The USDA doesn't currently have the power to close factory farms that violate food safety regulations. Check out Kevin's Law. The law has to be changed so that the USDA can actually have the right to close facilities down, otherwise they have no power except to cite the violation. That means factory farms that consistently violate health and worker safety codes can remain open, even with multiple violations. 2010-04-21T19:27:49Z tag:opencongress.org,2010-04-21:/comment/193991 amgw They can also take farmer's to court who live next to farms that use monsanto seed, if the pollen travels to their farm and fertilizes non-monsanto seed, monsanto has been known to file a lawsuit against the farmer who didn't even buy their seed and was saving what he thought was the seed he bought certified organic. Contamination rights, apparently. 2009-04-30T06:47:35Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-30:/comment/104855 EvelynB Below is a link to a petition I started against this bill. It will be sent to Washington DC. Please sign, add a comment such as you have on Open Congress, and share with others to sign and comment upon. Thank you, Evelyn Bone http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Food-farms-seeds-HR875 2009-04-20T09:07:17Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-20:/comment/103479 chuckmcpherson saving seed is illegal when you plant a seed designed by monsanto. you sign a technology agreement when you buy. this is just expanding this power a little at a time. 2009-04-11T04:34:43Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-11:/comment/102052 WA_patriot No good can come of increasing the cost of food through government intervention. VOTE NO!!! 2009-03-10T23:15:09Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-10:/comment/94952 jp215 Time for Obama to step up hopefully and squash this 2009-03-27T17:20:45Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-27:/comment/99127 Temlakos Maybe Whole Foods doesn't know the full implications. But I imagine that they know now. I told them, and I urge everyone here to do the same. If any company would have both the motive and the power to stop this atrocity, they would. 2009-04-07T17:48:54Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-07:/comment/101442 mitchpamf Intrusion into the private lives and businesses of our citizens by the State, yet again. As usual, the serious infringements of liberty is masked in do-gooder "social-justice," nanny-state nonsense. 2009-04-08T11:13:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-08:/comment/101603 Deborah7R NO! This is terrible - do not let it happen!!! Guess who backs this .............. Monsanto - yep!!! That's right. If this passes no more heirloom seeds/gardens - just GMO and pesticide/herbicide infused seeds. Go here and sign this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Food-farms-seeds-HR875 2009-04-09T02:29:55Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-09:/comment/101730 SubVet This is a blatantly UNCONSTITUTIONAL bill - notice that it defines a state as a state - not the fifty (50) states. It is territorial law that will be unlawfully extended to the fifty states! Time to repeal the 17th amendment and get the states back in control of our future! 2009-04-11T05:55:29Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-11:/comment/102054 frank222k This insideous bill, introduced by the wife of a Monsanto executive, is a test to see how much the American people can be suckered. It is Monsanto's stated goals to control the world's food production, to eliminate all competitors, and to require farmers to use genetically-modified seeds only they can provide. The health effects of eating crops produced by the seeds are horrific, but have been suppressed and covered-up. Organic farmers grow the best quality food and nobody in their right mind would prefer GMO foods once they know the risks, and taste the difference. This is just a further erosion of personal freedoms by the Obama wrecking crew. 2009-04-11T20:01:56Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-11:/comment/102102 mpaone Also, please read: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/food/foodsafety/background-on-h-r-875 There are misinformation chain e-mails that have been spreading fear about this bill. The Food and Water Watch is one of the most rational, organics supporting food advocacy groups out there. Let's cut the drama and get our facts straight. 2009-04-11T20:06:19Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-11:/comment/102103 mpaone Great article.. thank you for this. The fear-mongering capacity of the internet is the only thing to fear here. 2009-04-11T20:09:08Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-11:/comment/102104 mpaone Here's another: http://delauro.house.gov/files/HR875_Myths_Facts1.pdf 2009-04-13T06:40:09Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-13:/comment/102235 KristinaH Well, this would be a change now, wouldn't it? The ones voting for Obama foolishly believed that the change would be for the better.