Food Fascism And The Food Safety Modernization Act.

Back when small farms were our main source of food production for the surrounding communities, free enterprise reigned supreme.

Today with food industry giants such as Monsanto, Cargill, and Tyson ruling the roost, farmers have basically become indentured sharecroppers.

As subsidies are pumped into big agribusinesses , they grow what the government tells them to grow.

A few days ago I came upon an article addressing this very issue by someone named Eric Blair.

In his article he says: " The food engineers at General Mills and others weave corn, wheat, and soybeans into chemical concoctions that end up in brightly colored packages -- some even come with free Chinese-made toys. The finished product develops from a Genetically Modified base, using multiple poisons to glue it together, demonstrating that the monopolies and their regulatory lapdogs care not for our health. "

I couldn't have said it any better than that. Take a look around your local supermarket and you'll have to agree that the majority of the groceries that we bring home to our pantries are slickly packaged chemicals , preservatives , and taste enhancers , disguised as real food.

Blair goes on to say :" But what about voting with our pocketbooks, isn't that a free market? Surely that is what we have been taught. Yet, all 16 flavors of Cheerios -- which give the appearance of free choice -- are all made by General Mills from a genetically modified corn base. This illusion of choice hides the monopolistic nature of food."

Now enter Senate bill S.510 Food Safety Modernization Act , which has apparently already passed the House as HR2749. Some believe the bill to be the ultimate in food fascism , claiming that the FDA will regulate and micro manage even small farms and co-ops to the point where it will become illegal to grow, share, trade, or sell homegrown foods.


Blair writes : " While others see it as a measured way to control the health and quality of factory farms. one thing is for sure, S.510 gives more power to the corrupt FDA to regulate our food. And there is renewed interest in the Senate to pass this bill since the recent massive egg and meat recalls due to salmonella and E. coli outbreaks.

This bill does nothing to change the actual practices of factory farming and the way the food for animals is grown and delivered. It does give the FDA draconian powers to force inspections to be paid for by the farmers themselves. This can be an effective tool for the big multinational agri-corporations to further squeeze out their competition and gain near complete control of food resources in America. Furthermore, S.510 essentially hands much of the FDA's duties over to the liberty-smashing Department of Homeland Security -- which is mentioned 41 times in the bill.

All 273 pages of the bill contain legalize that can be difficult to decode, but one of the easiest ways to determine if it is good for average Americans is to view who is supporting the bill, versus who opposes the bill. Monsanto and other agri-monopolies support the bill with full force. Indeed, some speculate that they even wrote the bill themselves."

The need to educate those around us of this hostile takeover of our food sources is paramount.
It is essential that our communities understand that food freedom starts with each individual making informed choices about the food they eat and putting their hard earned dollars back into local food sources as much as possible.

See the video below on the S510 Food Safety bill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxrzfPo3gKI