Barbara H. Peterson on August 13th, 2013

Feed brokers exempt from organic certification. Therefore, there is no guarantee that organic feed is not commingled with non-organic feed or contaminated.

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This is a criminal extortion racket. What is the difference between a mobster coming to your property and demanding a portion of your profits for “protection” and the government coming to your property and demanding a portion of your crops for “protection?” NOTHING!!!

Continue reading about USDA Protection Racket Demands 47% of Raisin Crops – Destroys Small Farmers

Barbara H. Peterson on July 1st, 2013

Sneak peek at an upcoming mini-documentary profiling the threats of contamination to our food supply, and the increasing movement to replace organic life with synthetic. “Just one mistake by a biotech company and we’ll be eating other people’s drugs in our corn flakes.”

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Barbara H. Peterson on April 21st, 2013

It seems that “organic” does not mean “safe from tampering.” What sorts of “business interruptions” justify using non-organically produced annual seeds? I’m willing to bet that the dramatic effects on crops due to drought from climate change easily warrant such activity, under this clause; however, I just as easily would bet that it could mean anything in a court of law, from a lack of staff or machinery issues to financial losses in a particular quarter. As vague as it is, a “business interruption,” could be any problem a corporation faces in making duplicated or better profits from year to year. This is apparently a fully exploitable loophole. Let’s look at it all in a bit more detail…

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