Govt to Ban Organic Farms and Home Gardens???

Did you know that the US is trying to ban organic farms and family gardens?

Read about what's going on here.

Then write to your representatives and the President to stop bill HR 875: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009.

We cannot allow the government to decide if we want chemicals on our food or not.  Nor can we let them take away our right to grow our own food!

You can start taking a stand here.

To add some info:

I just wanted to add some info here, because, as has been pointed out, the bill doesn't actually say it's "banning organic farms".  However consider some of the following:

While the bill doesn't mention organics or state that it will try to ban "organics", it does state the following:

(14) FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY- The term ‘food production facility’ means any farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation.

who will be required to

(2) require each food production facility to have a written food safety plan that describes the likely hazards and preventive controls implemented to address those hazards;

(3) include, with respect to growing, harvesting, sorting, and storage operations, minimum standards related to fertilizer use, nutrients, hygiene, packaging, temperature controls, animal encroachment, and water;

Essentially, this gives the government the right to order organic farmers on what to feed their animals, how to treat them medically and require them to use certain sprays on their crops.  In other words, not raise them organically. 

I'm not saying that the government is going to absolutely crack down on home gardens, but, like many other broad stated laws, there is that wiggle room that the could. There are NO exemptions listed. This bill could cover anything from fishing boats to your garden to the hot dog vendor on the corner.

Part of what the bill proposes to do will place a huge burden on any of these people by requiring them to have "food safety plans". This would a monetary drain and a lot of work for every farm, many fishing boats, slaughterhouses, processing plants, CO-OPs and anyone else associated with growing, storing, transporting or processing food. The bill authorizes fines of up to $1,000,000  dollars for "each act" and for "each day" of a violation.  That's one million dollars a day in fines.  Great for a slaughterhouse that isn't  up to standards.  A small organic farm that didn't reach the minimum fertilizer number?  Bang, out of business.

The fact that this is backed by Monsonto (you gotta read about this company!), a huge corporation that has very often used it's government connections to put small farms out of business (especially organic farms), is right off the top a red flag (BTW, they were also the makers of the lovely Agent Orange, sprayed on US military troops in Vietnam.  They still refuse to compensate vets for the negative health effects of that).

Only huge companies will have the funds to keep up with these new regulations.  And if a smaller company manages to do it, all it will take is one infraction to put them under.  Just the legal fees alone to defend themselves would be crushing.  

So to sum it up: required chemicals, required medical treatments for animals, required fees and payments, huge fines, no exemptions, sponsored by satan Monsanto.

Here is one video about the subject:

I think everyone should explore this bill.   Anyone with a vested interest in organics, homesteading, farming and the earth should educate themselves on what it means, and form their own opinions about it.  Then they should take a step toward making their feelings known to their representatives, and quickly.  This bill could be voted in as quickly as 2 weeks from now.