tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post8510046554237321794..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: Another of those senate bills-- S 510Rain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-55004022559437149702010-11-16T22:29:55.504-08:002010-11-16T22:29:55.504-08:00I really enjoyed this post and agree with you. I ...I really enjoyed this post and agree with you. I come from a long line of farmers and saving seeds was a must for them and my mom always saved seeds from our gardens and flower beds. <br /><br />This is yet another travesty against all of us.<br /><br />And yes, I'm going to sign the petition and read the Kingsolver book!Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-6819990806523641552010-11-16T20:28:09.229-08:002010-11-16T20:28:09.229-08:00I hadn't read this Kingsolver book but I'v...I hadn't read this Kingsolver book but I've put it on my list of books to get from the library. Everything is so scary these days. Sometimes I feel like Steven Colbert.Fran aka Redondowriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603407790426583209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-79522613018283294282010-11-16T17:17:56.810-08:002010-11-16T17:17:56.810-08:00This is a link referring to that amendment and sti...This is a link referring to that amendment and still debating with various viewpoints whether it helps or not-- <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-11-16-tester-amendment-to-s-510-help-small-farms" rel="nofollow">Tester's amendment to S 510 to help small farms</a>. Here is the thing. How many of these deaths came from farmer's markets? If they came out of poor food handling like say at the church barbecue, then how will this measure help? I wrote about all of this in the spring and I feel strongly that where big food producers doubtless need a watchdog agency, it's supposed to already be in place. Farmer's markets are not where the problem is occurring. And I think, if people ignore this, the seed limitations will be thrown in there as the corporations that make those genetically modified seeds are just waiting for people to look the other way...Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-83713599474487242722010-11-16T16:46:46.556-08:002010-11-16T16:46:46.556-08:00That is great on your senator, Tara. I think it...That is great on your senator, Tara. I think it's not bad they know we are considering this a big issue as from what I am reading on what has happened elsewhere, we don't want it sneaking in here!Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-45192453628448851052010-11-16T16:40:29.944-08:002010-11-16T16:40:29.944-08:00well, I got an hear-full after posting on facebook...well, I got an hear-full after posting on facebook. I also got a letter back from my senator explaining the amended bill. So, I guess I didn't do my research either -- I read the link and didn't realize it was outdated. Oh well!!<br /><br />The whole seed thing has been in the news for awhile - and I still think stinkin' corporations are too powerful, but I should've looked further into this. I appreciate your other reader's links as well.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-17273234895340093132010-11-16T15:23:45.229-08:002010-11-16T15:23:45.229-08:00Oops lost the first link from Kingsolver's boo...Oops lost the first link from Kingsolver's book-- <a href="www.biotech-info.net" rel="nofollow">biotech info</a>Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-13054647279741091402010-11-16T15:21:12.506-08:002010-11-16T15:21:12.506-08:00Coincidentally as I was reading in Kingsolver'...Coincidentally as I was reading in Kingsolver's book, she had two links to suggest people look at for more information on how genetically modified foods might impact us including our health:<br /><br /><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">Organic Consumers</a>, and I have one more that I have been following: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.slowfoodusa.org/" rel="nofollow">Slow Foods</a>Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-20587677608190251972010-11-16T12:20:27.857-08:002010-11-16T12:20:27.857-08:00And here's another link that takes you to who ...And here's another link that takes you to who supports it and who opposes(assuming any of them even know what is totally in it as often they don't. I don't see any Congress person voting something that would ban backyard gardens or saving seeds if they knew it was what it was about but how often don't they know? They like how it sounds. Their staff might read it but they have been busy elsewhere like taking trips or running for office or raising money.<br /><br />More importantly to me is why wasn't this on the news I watch or read. I watch a lot of it and not a word pro or con. That is what really makes me mad. They dwell on the same meaningless things over and over and ignore something like this which might really matter to someone like me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-510" rel="nofollow">S 510</a>Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-29656687058079367542010-11-16T12:12:55.101-08:002010-11-16T12:12:55.101-08:00Thanks for the link. There was a lot more in the e...Thanks for the link. There was a lot more in the email like this link to a video-- <a href="http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=9209B" rel="nofollow">Video from Natural News</a>. and this one <a href="http://shivchopra.com/?page_id=2" rel="nofollow">Canadian whistleblower on the law</a>; and <a href="http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/votes-opposing-gmos-crash-the-economist-poll-website/" rel="nofollow">Food Freedom</a>. What I hoped is that people would research it. I had read a blog a few months ago or longer by Ugich where she was discussing something Monsanto pulled in India. I went looking for that link; <a href="http://kaimhanta.blogspot.com/2010/02/dire-straits-brinjal.html" rel="nofollow">Dire Straits Brinjal</a>. <br /><br />I am a lot more concerned with the bills that seem to be about one thing and then slip in some little feature that we find out later is really a big deal which would be the seed issue to me.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-16094305824069909022010-11-16T11:55:26.601-08:002010-11-16T11:55:26.601-08:00What always gets me about something like this is w...What always gets me about something like this is we have all these news programs that rehash the same stories over and over and yet we have to hear about this through the internet! What is wrong with our media? Whatever this bill actually does, it should be discussed in the news to let Americans know as this kind of thing impacts us more than most of what they are wallowing in! This bill does relate to our food supply and they should be explaining it to us pro or con; so we can voice our opinions and yet they stick to what Nancy Pelosi will do next. How many of us care!Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-85493485125656382792010-11-16T11:54:13.227-08:002010-11-16T11:54:13.227-08:00Rain, I spent some time reading about this and loo...Rain, I spent some time reading about this and looked at the link you included. Nobody seems to be able to really sort this out. My opinion of the link in your post is that it is a bit hysterical, and I suspect its motives since it comes out of Tiwan, and is not a legitimate non-profit. The best discussion I found in my brief search is:<br />http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-11-food-fight-food-safety-modernization-act-better-protect-us20th Century Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432147267959308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-946271938579534342010-11-16T11:13:08.935-08:002010-11-16T11:13:08.935-08:00Rain, thank you for this excellent post. I had no...Rain, thank you for this excellent post. I had not heard about the bill specifically (though I went to the linked article and wow - I signed the petition as well) but I have read stories about Monsanto suing small farmers and home gardeners for use of Monsanto seeds (because Monsanto's product cross bred with a private farm or garden). It's outrageous. It's not paranoid, it's real. I posted this on my facebook page and will be emailing everyone I know. I have watched, over the course of my short life-time (53 years) corps take over more and more. I used to think all that 'talk' about evil corporations was just paranoia -- not any more.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.com