February 24, 2014
Planned food safety rules rile organic farmers
Planned food safety rules rile organic farmers
Jim Crawford was rushing to load crates of freshly picked organic tomatoes onto trucks heading for an urban farmers market when he noticed the federal agent. A tense conversation followed as the visitor to his farm — an inspector from the Food and Drug Administration — warned him that some organic-growing techniques he had honed over four decades could soon be outlawed.
FDA heads are all former executives from a handful of “Big-Food” corporations. Studies used to justify FDA regulations are funded by same corporations and are less about protecting the public as they are quashing competition and controlling what foods people have access to.