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		<title>Western Organization of Resource Councils on Food Safety Bill</title>
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From Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC): 


http://www.worc.org/userfiles/file/Food%20Safety%20Act2.pdf
(Thanks to Jill Richardson: http://lavidalocavore.org )
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Tell
Congress: One Size Does Not Fit All When Considering Food Safety
Bills

Local foods businesses are not the same as animal factories or
mega-farms that sell products into industrial scale national and
international markets. 
H.R. 2749 - Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 
Lead Sponsor: Rep. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No Benefit to Children from Organic Food&#8221;: Washington State WIC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sampling of Responses from Around the Country on Washington WIC&#8217;s Decision to Boot Organic Milk and Baby Food out of the Washington State WIC Program. Compiled by me.
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Nothing ever changes - the fact is that the poor never get the good food - just more obesity, disease, and addictions. There really are no excuses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No Benefit to Children from Organic Food&#8221;: Washington State</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Forwarded Message (my response to it is at the bottom):
Below is  the message we [Washington State WIC Nutrition Program] are sending out to  stakeholders announcing the WIC approved food list for October 1, 2009.  I know  you will be disappointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Democracy Now Agriculture Secretary Petition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[53,358 people have signed this petition as of this writing. Petition at
http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/
Dear President-Elect Obama,
We congratulate you on your historic victory and
welcome the change that your election promises to
usher in for our nation. As leaders in the
sustainable agriculture and rural advocacy
community we supported you in record numbers
during the caucus, primary and general election
because of the family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fwd: Call to Action on food crisis presented to Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#62;For immediate release
&#62;December 15, 2008
&#62;Contact:  Christina Schiavoni, (212) 629-9788,
&#62;Christina@whyhunger.org
&#62;Kathy Ozer, (202) 543-5675, kozer@nffc.net
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&#62;President-elect Obama presented with urgent &#8220;Call to Action&#8221;
&#62;to end food crisis
&#62;Experts advise that economic reform must include sound farm and food
&#62;policy
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&#62;As food banks scramble to respond to a dramatic increase in demand this
&#62;holiday season, while unemployment surges and farmers face plummeting
&#62;crop prices, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Jim Riddle as USDA Marketing Chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Riddle is a well known and well respected  authority on organic and sustainable agriculture who has indicated to me a  strong desire to serve the Barack Obama Administration in some capacity at the  USDA. He has indicated that his experience and background well suit him for  consideration as Administrator of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Food and Agriculture Summits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks,
I&#8217;m sure many of you heard these two stories on NPR this  weekend. For those of you who missed them, I&#8217;ve Fair Used them below.
I  took note of the following: &#8220;[Obama] pledged to hold a &#8220;rural summit&#8221; and  deliver a package of rural initiatives to Congress in his first 100 days as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: [COMFOOD:] A Different View of Vilsack</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Sometimes the underdog has more power in politics when enough of us rise
up to say &#34;NO!&#34; to a pending decision than we do when we try to
put forth a position pro-actively. This could be the case with the
pending Secretary of Agriculture appointment.&#160; Below is what I&#8217;m
sending to

http://change.gov/page/s/ofthepeople
and my congressional delegation (along with the long quote). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NODPA Update on Organic Livestock Rule Deliberations in DC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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An Update on the Proposed Organic Livestock Rule from Ed Maltby, 
Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance Executive Director.
[Please note that Ed, always the diplomat, at times is somewhat selective

in what he communicates. I'm sure we might hear a different take on
the
proceedings related below from the Cornucopia Institute, so stay tuned.
Chrys]
[Oh, and for NODPA's initial detailed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11/18 Report from Cornucopia on Organic Livestock Proposed Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear [Odairy@yahoogroups.com] list -
I thought dairy farmers might be interested in a short report from the
National Organic Standards Board meeting currently going on in Washington,
D.C.
First, the National Organic Standards Board will not be considering the
newly released rule pertaining to pasture and livestock. Even though this
is arguably the most extensive rewrite of the organic standards since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: [COMFOOD:] Re: AP: Turf wars: New rules for organic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Jill, Folks,
In response to Jill&#8217;s call for us to send in &#8220;comments in favor of
these proposed [organic livestock] rules&#8221;, I want to really caution
anyone about sending in comments &#8220;in favor&#8221; of the new proposed
rules. This is a massively complex proposed rule that has many organic
producers and advocates deeply concerned. There are some provisions that
are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fwd: [COMFOOD:] NYT Editorial: Our Home-Grown Melamine Problem</title>
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:11:04
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From: &#34;Naomi Starkman&#34; &#60;nstarkman@gmail.com&#62;
To: comfood@elist.tufts.edu
Subject: [COMFOOD:] NYT Editorial: Our Home-Grown Melamine
Problem


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/opinion/17mcwilliams.html
&#160;
November 17, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist

Our Home-Grown Melamine Problem 

By JAMES E. McWILLIAMS
Austin, Tex. 
CHINA&#8217;S food supply appears to be awash in the industrial chemical
melamine. Dangerous levels have been detected not only in milk and eggs,
but also in chicken feed and wheat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Message from Cornucopia Institute re: Organic Pasture Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Hello all,
Today [Nov. 16], in Washington, about 40-50 representatives of farm
organizations,
consumer groups, certifiers, and a smattering of farmers, met to discuss
the
pending livestock rule.
You&#8217;ll note that I didn&#8217;t call it the &#34;pasture rule&#34; because
all parties
poignantly realize at this point that it&#8217;s impact on the organic
industry
will far eclipses pasture for dairy cattle. Participants at the
meeting
expressed concerns about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How About a National Food and Agriculture Summit Early in Obama&#8217;s First Term?</title>
		<link>http://thefutureisorganic.net/tfio-blog/?p=34</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is surely a whirlwind of activity within the sustainable agriculture  community as we gear up to meet head-on the opportunities suddenly afforded us  in the changed political climate. And as usual, there are many organizations  operating more or less independently of each other working up often duplicate  policy campaigns without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Influence Obama&#8217;s Agriculture Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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 Read Obama&#8217;s Rural Policy Platform
(It&#8217;s a good read)

  Help Get the Resumes of  Great Sustainable Agriculture Advocates Under the
Noses of Obama&#8217;s Transition Team

Read Michael Pollan&#8217;s &#8220;Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief&#8221;
(another good read)
How About a National Food and
Agriculture Summit Early in Obama&#8217;s First Term?
Folks,
 Please take action TODAY!
There is hope [...]]]></description>
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