Nov 17 2007

The Farm Bill: Will the Saga Never End?

So now the Senate has blocked action on the Farm Bill, perhaps to give President Bush a break so he won’t have to veto it, which is what he said he would do. As I suggested in my last post on the topic, the Bill is hopeless to understand: 1360 pages, 17 of them just for the Table of Contents. They should all be ashamed. It’s time to elect congressional representatives who represent the public interest and care about issues like sustainability and health. I wonder how we can do that?

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  • Gravel
  • November 17, 2007
  • 2:07 pm

I think, first, we need to get a critical mass of people to come together in the interest of public health, both for the soil and themselves

  • Nic
  • November 18, 2007
  • 1:41 am

Are there lobbyists that work for promoting public health and nutrition, or does Congress primarily receive information through government groups (FDA, etc.)?

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