Did You Catch This?

It never says it directly, as no bill truly seems to get to the point, but finds some roundabout what to make it sound beneficial and protective when it's really just taking away basic human rights (like the ability to grow your own food!). I think section 401 is maybe a little more direct in demonstrating how it will hinder organic and personal food production directly. For example:

It is prohibited...
(9) to slaughter an animal that is capable for use in whole or in part as human food at a food establishment processing any food for commerce, except in compliance with the food safety law

I think that statement essentially says you can't raise and kill your own meat for your own use and I'm assuming this also applies to small organic farms that raise meat for local farmer's markets- a lot of them are organic but don't pay for someone to come out and tell them they can use that silly label that doesn't mean much of anything these days! Anyways, I can't stand the language of these things, they mislead the public and this bill passed spells disaster. Big corps like Monsanto already have WAY too much power and I hope we can get it back! We know better than anyone just how many chemicals and such are in our environment/food!

Also, for anyone looking to read a good book on this sort of topic, I recommend Stolen Harvest by Vandana Shiva. It's amazing and upsetting. One of my favorites.