First-ever National Heirloom Exposition in CA this September
By Rady Ananda Billing itself as the "world's fair" of the heirloom industry, the National Heirloom Exposition will be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California from Sept. 13-15, 2011. Supported by firms "passionate about heirlooms… more »
Uncle Sam Food History Exhibit Promotes Food Control
By Rady Ananda Oh, gag me with a bowl of propaganda. The National Archives is hosting an historical exhibit on government say in what we eat and grow and how to cook it: “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam: The Government's Effect on the American Diet.” From the… more »
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Controversial ag spending bill defunds local food systems, promotes meat monopoly
By Rady Ananda Plutocrats aimed another weapon at the nation’s poor and at small and midsized farmers, this time thru the 2012 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 2112, which the House passed on June 16. The 82-page bill returns some federal spending… more »
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Wyoming defeats, Georgia introduces Food Freedom Act
By Rady Ananda Jan. 28 UPDATE: Wyoming Food Freedom Act back, sans raw milk exclusion. Also, according to the Tenth Amendment Center, Democrat Representative Walter Kumiega of Deer Isle, Maine has introduced a Food Freedom Act, similar to the one that… more »
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