Showing posts with label food freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food freedom. Show all posts

Arranging a US Famine


'The list of things that the government has done or has put in place that would only exacerbate or even cause food shortages are many and they run side by side with policies that prevent ordinary people and especially the poor from growing their own food.

An article http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/10/23/alexandria-virginia-stopping-the-poor-from-growing-food-by-ted-brooks/ on Alexandria, Virginia, exposes how it quietly removed home gardens from the poor in public housing, while loudly touting access to fresh local food it had itself ended, as well as promoting community gardens, which the city controls, and in what turns out to be extremely limited number and limited space to grow food, and charges a fee.  

This sleight of hand has occurred across the US.  Cities proudly proclaim community gardens but behind the scenes, they have removed the poor’s access to growing food on the land they live on, including simply growing food in pots.

Primarily using recent corporate “food safety” laws as the weapon to curtail people’s producing or sharing or selling food themselves, laws have been put into place and police actions have been occurring that expose a pattern of.'

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'Food Freedom, Free Choice, Private Contract, Food Sovereignty, Local Foods - call it what you will but something big is growing in Maine!


In 2011 five Maine towns passed the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance and two more passed Local Food Resolutions. A sixth town passed the same Ordinance in early March of 2012. Then on June 13th of this year two more towns, Appleton and Livermore passed Local Food Ordinances. 


This brings it to a total of ten towns spanning four counties or 1/4th of Maine's sixteen counties with towns that have put in place some form of legislation regarding Food Sovereignty. Currently, as many as twenty-five additional towns are looking at placing the Ordinance on their warrants which, if passed, would involve almost 2/3 of the counties in Maine.'




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Food Fascism: Woman Sues City of Tulsa For Cutting Down Her Edible Garden




'A Tulsa woman is suing the city's code enforcement officers after she said they cut down her garden with no cause. Denise Morrison said she has more than 100 plant varieties in her front and back yards and all of them are edible and have a purpose.
She knows which ones will treat arthritis, which will make your food spicy, which ones keep mosquitoes away and treat bug bites, but she said none of that matter to city inspectors.'




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Declaration of Food Independence unveiled today in Wisconsin; signed by Vernon Hershberger and others

 

'Today at the raw milk / food freedom rally taking place in Wisconsin at the legal hearing for raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger, organizers unveiled a Declaration of Food Independence. The document asserts the individual right to grow, trade and access real food without government intervention or control.'

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The Silent Time Bomb on Your Plate: Watch FRESH for free till March 3rd

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by Dr. Mercola

Free Viewing of FRESH until March 3rd at Dr. Mercola's web site HERE

'The "faster, bigger, cheaper" approach to food is slowly draining dry our planet's resources and compromising your health. The Earth's soil is depleting at more than 13 percent the rate it can be replaced. The documentary "FRESH" celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. 

 The film demonstrates how we can collectively transform the current "industrial agricultural paradigm" into a healthier, more sustainable way of feeding the world, while restoring the health of our ailing planet. I hope you will set aside the time to watch it, as it will be time well spent. 

We have already lost 75 percent of the world's crop varieties over the last century. Over the past 10 years, we've had 100 million tons of herbicides dumped onto our crops, polluting our soil and streams. The agriculture industry now tries to convince us that housing 110,000 to more than one million chickens or 20,000 hogs in a warehouse is a necessary practice to feed the masses.' 


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Amish raw milk dairyman Dan Allgyer shuts down his farm in the face of FDA harassment and court injunction

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'Pennsylvania Amish farmer Dan Allgyer has decided to shutter his farm, ending his ordeal with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Justice Department.

He made his decision after Judge Lawrence Stengler went along with the agencies, and imposed a permanent injunction on Allgyer last week for supplying the private Grassfed on the Hill food club with raw milk. 

I wasn’t able to reach Allgyer, but he told those who run the food club that the decision was a personal one, based in significant measure on the family stress created by the two years of federal government harassment, beginning in February 2010, when FDA agents sought to inspect his farm without a warrant.'

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It’s been a good week for food rights


Michael Schmidt reads his letter to McGuinty following a Queen's Park news conference last month. 

'It's been a good week for the emerging Food Rights movement. Today, day 37 of dairy farmer Michael Schmidt's hunger strike, he met with Ontario's premier, Dalton McGuinty. It seems Schmidt was meeting with the premier's chief of staff this morning, when McGuinty decided to join in. According to one report, McGuinty reiterated Ontario's opposition to raw milk. No matter. Schmidt can now toast his achievement with a tall cool one. (Actually, word is he had a few sips of soup at lunch to begin breaking his fast.)' 

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Quail Hollow Farm raided without a warrant

 'What an evening we had this last Friday night! It had all the makings of a really great novel: drama, suspense, anticipation, crisis, heroic efforts, villains and victors, resolution and a happy ending. Video here.'

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New Plan to Help You Take Back Your Health Freedoms (Dr. Mercola)



Health Liberty is a nonprofit coalition formed by Mercola.com, National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), Fluoride Action Network (FAN), Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), Organic Consumers Association (OCA), and Consumers for Dental Choice, to help protect every American's freedom to make voluntary health choices. Each partner-organization has a rich history of advocacy and active campaigning for change and better access to truly empowering health information.  


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Massive public protest announced against government-sponsored terrorism of Rawesome Foods in California

'As promised, a massive public protest is now being announced to give the members of the public an opportunity to voice their outrage against today's arrest of three raw foods advocates who are all being charged with conspiracy.

The protest will be held at the LA County Courthouse located at:
210 West Temple, Division 30
Los Angeles

Arrive there at 7:45 am to join the protest, which needs to be in full swing early, because the court hearing for James is scheduled at 8:30.'

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BREAKING NEWS: Multi-agency armed raid hits Rawesome Foods, Healthy Family Farms for raw milk

 Mike Adams
Natural News


'A multi-agency SWAT-style armed raid was conducted this morning by helmet-wearing, gun-carrying enforcement agents from the LA County Sheriff's Office, the FDA, the Dept. of Agriculture and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control).

Rawesome Foods, a private buying club offering wholesome, natural raw milk and raw cheese products (among other wholesome foods) is founded by James Stewart, a pioneer in bringing wholesome raw foods directly to consumers through a buying club. James was followed from his private residence by law enforcement, and when he entered his store, the raid was launched.

Law enforcement demanded that all customers (members) of the store vacate the premises, then they demanded to know how much cash James had at the store. When James explained the amount of cash he had at the store -- which is used to purchase product for selling there -- agents demanded to know why he had such an amount of cash and where it came from.'

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A Modern Declaration of Independence

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Taking back your sovereignty is the real revolution. 

A real revolution starting in our own backyards. 


'The current system, domineered by corrupt, career politicians and the corporations and banks that manage them like a troupe of actors, seeks to monopolize power on all levels. We are witnessing a "global government" taking shape, with "global institutions" that make decrees, laws, and even war not based on the greater good of humanity, but for the greater good of a corporate-financier oligarchy seeking to spread their power and influence to the four corners of the globe. They have done so under the poorly dressed guise of "human rights," "freedom," and "democracy." As the cheap veneer that covers their true designs peels away, we are outraged but perhaps at a loss of what to do.'



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Free our food

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' "From farm to table" isn't just a meaningless foodie slogan anymore. It's the rallying cry for the smallest of small-scale farming operations in Maine, which are fighting against what they consider to be burdensome state and federal regulations. In the process, they're laying the groundwork for a nationwide "food sovereignty" movement, aimed at restoring the direct relationship between food producers and consumers, while reducing government interference in local food systems.' 

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Michael Schmidt off to Europe to talk about the raw milk repression and resistance here in North America


'Vive la difference -- raw milk automats are a popular form of distribution across Europe.'



'Coming fresh from the Edmonton court case made me realize the tragic consequences many have to face lacking the freedom to be able to make informed choices.

On a positive note however one can see how more and more people begin to take the path of resistance and the the path of reclaiming their rights.

My own path through the regulatory insanity only made clearer to me the need of holding up the principles of respect and the determination to help our next generation to still have the right to good food.

The resolve amongst many is growing that we have no choice left but to take a stand. The willingness to sacrifice for the right to healthy food amongst all is growing.'


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Food Freedom Betrayal!




Organic Consumers Association Funded by Big Pharma!

Barara H. Peterson, Farm Wars Guest Post
Activist Post


'Our food supply is in jeopardy. Not only from outside forces such as poisons from China, but from within. The very people that we look to for guidance seem to be working together to lead us straight into global food governance in the form of Codex Alimentarius. This is especially alarming when you consider that the very organizations such as the USDA and FDA, that are charged with the safeguarding and regulation of our food supply are at the forefront of the battle, leading us straight into worldwide genocide using food as a weapon.'






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Time Magazine Runs Article on Raw Milk Wars

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by Dr. Mercola


'Time Magazine couldn't be more correct when stating that "for some Americans, milk has become a test of their freedom. And they're not paranoid kooks either; the government really is out to get them, authorizing seizures of bottles and jugs of unpasteurized milk and, in one recent case, a full-on, agents-brandishing-guns raid."
There is indeed a war going on, and it's threatening one of your most basic freedoms – the right to eat a wholly natural, healthful food!

The FDA has long banned the sale of raw milk across state lines, and in many states it's illegal to sell raw milk entirely. (For more information about laws in various US states, please see this link. For information about raw milk in other countries go here.)

Why has a natural food source been banned for sale in so many areas?'


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FDA attacks Estrella Family Creamery near Seattle with another Morningside Dairy style raid



Dear Friends, 

'Last night at about 5:30 three cars pulled into the yard with FDA and Federal Marshals, alarming our kids. They posted a seizure order that named all cheeses on the property. This is serious, it could put us out of business. I need to write something more lengthy than I have time for right now. But tomorrow we will be at the University District farmer's market, sadly without cheese. But we've invited the media and would love to have our customer's voices heard. Because we've been hearing you voice very strong opinions about wanting the right to choose your food. Please feel free to come and ask questions.'

--Kelli 


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Food Security Threat: Goverment Set to Ban Public Fishing,Individual Food Production

"Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people."

-- Henry Kissinger



'Banning “recreational” fishing isn’t just an issue of economics, but is a threat to the personal liberty of each individual’s right to produce their own food. And banning fishing is just one of several policy changes the government is looking at.



In Federal Food Police Coming Soon To A Farm Near You, Tess Pennington points out the risks of letting the government oversee individual food production methods under HR Bill 875 and The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which specifically target agricultural goods, including crops and livestock on personal, non-commercial farms:



What is to stop the government from defining a small home garden as a food facility? Because of the vagueness of this bill, it is not only the micro farmers that are affected by this. Anyone who has a garden, or shares their produce with neighbors or even owns a local restaurant that supports local farmers and buys their produce could be affected.'



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More Food Fascism: S 510: Small Farms Under Attack AGAIN




What is NAIS?
On Wikipedia
NAIS: http://nonais.org/

From an email:


Right now, huge numbers of small farms across France which were known worldwide for their cheeses, are gone. The [can no longer sell] cheeses their families had profitably sold for generations because they suddenly couldn't meet the new corporate EU "food safety" standards, (See the PBS show "The Cheese Nun" for a view of this.) Those standards were arranged carefully by corporations specifically to get rid of farmers and S 510 is designed to "harmonize" with those EU laws.

Here's what the EU is doing and what S 510 would do


"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed. - Ayn Rand


From: ByteStyle.tv





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