Stop the Federalization of the Agricultural Industry

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Stop the Federalization of the Agricultural Industry

 

Last week The John Birch Society updated our rs on the

Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) which would place virtually all

waters of the United States under the control of the federal

government. (If you have not yet taken action on that item, you can do

so now by clicking here.)

 

 

 

As if that is not enough, there is another bill in the House that would place

federal control on much of the food industry.

 

 

 

Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Food Safety

Modernization Act of 2009 (H.R. 875) on February 4, 2009. The bill,

which currently carries 40 cosponsors, would effectively transfer all

state control over food regulation to the Food Safety Administration

(FSA), a newly established federal bureaucracy to be created within the

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). It would very likely

contribute to the eventual abandonment of all independent, family farms

as well as all organic farming operations due to the high probability

of overbearing federal regulations arbitrarily determined by FSA in

favor of corporate factory farms.

 

 

 

H.R. 875 would violate the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by

delegating what should be state-level authority to the federal

government. The burdensome record keeping that would be required by the

FSA would threaten the success of small agricultural businesses and

family-owned farms who may not be able to comply with new federal

restrictions.  

 

 

 

While all Americans should be concerned about yet another power grab at

the hands of the federal government, family farm and other small

agricultural businesses should be especially cautious of H.R. 875 as it

threatens their own businesses and way of living.

 

 

 

Please take a few moments of your time and urge your representative to

oppose the passage of H.R. 875 and support the future success of family

farms and small agricultural businesses.

 

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

 

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