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This is an interesting piece of _legislation_ 
(http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=12671) . It seems the food police want to criminalize organic farming and the backyard gardener. This bill is sitting in committee and we need to contact our legislators about this.
Here’s _the bill_ (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.875:) 
itself.
_http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.875_ 
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.875) :

Section 3 (which is the definitions portion of the bill-read in it’s entirety) and sections 103, 206 and 207.
Red flags of this bill:
Legally binds state agriculture depts to enforcing federal guidelines effectively taking away the states power to do anything other than being food police for the federal dept.
Effectively criminalizes organic farming but doesn’t actually use the word organic Effects anyone growing food even if they are not selling it but consuming it. Effects anyone producing meat of any kind including wild game. Legislation is so broad based that every aspect of growing or producing food can be made illegal. There are no specifics which is bizarre considering how long the legislation is.
Section 103 is the administrative aspect of the legislation. It will allow the appointing of officials from the factory farming corporations and lobbyists and classify them as experts and allow them to determine and interpret the legislation.
Section 206 defines what will be considered a food production facility and what will be enforced up all food production facilities. The wording is so broad based that a backyard gardener could be fined and more.
Section 207 requires that the state’s agriculture dept act as the food police and enforce the federal requirements. This takes away the states power and is in violation of the 10th amendment.

Here's who sponsored this:

Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. CT {DEM}

There are 39 cosponsors but it takes too many words to ad them but Peter DeFazio is on the list.

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