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America's Family Farms- An American Tradition and Our Nation's Food Supply- Call To Action

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Real Estate Agent with The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services 13253167-SA00

America's family farms don't have huge lobby groups. America's small farms are owned by families. Many of these farms have been in a family for generations. Farming is important to our economy and as a food source.

Under all is land and right on top of that land the sustaining of life takes hold through the raising of crops for us all to eat. 

What does this have to do with real estate? A lot! Farms are a part of our real estate panorama. Just because most real estate agents don't list and sell farm land does not mean it should be given any less of a right to the protection of property rights afforded by our U.S. constitution. 

The American farmer is under attack. They are counting on all Americans to step up to the plate and defend their rights to farm freely and without interference from Big Pharma, Big Corporations and the likes of Monsonto. 

But this attack goes even further- it is also an attack on each and every United States citizen by erasing our freedom to choose the food we buy and from whom.

Please join me in stopping Tom Harkin's "FAKE" S 3002 Food Safety Bill and John McCain's "Fake"  S 510 Supplement Safety Bill! Who is paying these guys off? What are they gaining from sponsoring these bills? Dig a bit and you will find out.

The attack on our freedom to buy natural herbs, vitamins and supplements happens every few years and every few years we all stand up to say we want access and freedom to buy what we want to buy and constantly Big Pharma gets bills before the house and congress to make it a law that the only way we get our natural vitamins is through prescriptions and they also want to outlaw all use of herbs. Why? Because we cure ourselves without getting hooked on their drugs. In many other countries the people use all the herbal and natural remedies first. Going to the doctor is last on their list, not first and taking Prescription drugs is the last resort.

McCain's bill will repeal DSHEA and that will destroy our right to access supplements! 

The food safely bill is about industrializing the entire U.S. food supply in the disguise of food safety. 

Currently there are 16 health organizations and consumer groups stepping up to stop John McCain's Bill. But we need more. Because they want to get this jammed through and then there will be no debate and it will all be taken care of behind closed doors. These bills will drive small farmers off their land while big Agribiz will suck up what is left of our small family farms. No, they won't just come and take them away. These bills will create so many regulations and restrictions that the small farmer will not be able to compete. This is all going on without us knowing about it because we are busy paying attention to so many important matters before congress. Organic foods will be under attack silently through these bills. 

Under these FAKE FOOD SAFETY bills there are truly draconian fines and prison terms for even the smallest infractions, some are like 8 years in prison for small infractions. There is no way that small businesses will be able to survive and if you know anything about Monsonto- they have exactly these plans to run the small farmer off their land. This is all under the guise of "food safety". While they may sound good on the surface, we always must dig deeper. When we give up our liberties for imagined securities- we will be very sorry down the road. 

We do not want small independent farmers regulated out of business. 

We are asking you to join us in stopping-  S 510 and S 3002 in their tracks. Please pass this post along and reblog it. Please ask each of your family members over the age of 14 to send a note to your Senators to squash these two dangerous bills. You can take one action for each person in your family. 

Here is an update from the National Health Freedom Foundation: 

 

02/04/10 - UPDATE: while the fake "Food Safety" Bill S510 remains stalled in the Senate, after our November Blitz sent more than 150,000 emails to the Senate over one long weekend, this week Sen John McCain announced that he was offering another "safety" bill, S 3002. This alleged "safety" bill is aimed at the type of food called "Dietary Supplement" in a blatant attempt to undermine your freedom to access high potency vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements which Americans have enjoyed since a unanimous Congress adopted the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). The McCain bill seeks to overthrow major provisions of the current law and force "HARMonization" with international Codex Alimentarius (so-called "World Food Code") restrictions on our food and health freedoms.

See our analysis of the bill at: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4608 and please take the Action below; we've modified it to include the new bill; please send this new message to your Senators, even if you've already used the earlier version of this Action Item. See also:http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4615 for our Health Freedom Action eAlert eblast on this issue -- and please forward that link to all your contacts.

 

 

We know you are busy. That is exactly what they are hoping you will say

We know you feel powerless. That is exactly what else they are counting on. 

We now you feel overwhelmed but they are winning if you choose inaction. We have the numbers on our side. They are few, we are many. I don't know one person who thinks we should get rid of natural alternatives and I certainly don't know anyone who is excited about eating GMO foods. Over 80% of us do not want any GMOs in our foods. 

If we are a nation of sheep but do not know we are that is one thing but if we know what is happening yet act like sheep then we will only have ourselves to blame. 

Reclaim your own health choices, your own food choice, your own supplement choices. Don't wait, contact your Senators today. 

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Comments (15)

Don Sabinske
Don Sabinske, Sabinske & Associates Inc. - Zimmerman, MN
Sabinske & Associates Inc.

Living in a rural/suburban area, I understand this.  And, one of my agents was a farmer.  This is important.  Without farmers, we don't enjoy fresh food and a thriving economy in our state.  Or any state for that matter.  We need to support our farmers.  I am reblogging your excellent post.  Thank you for the time and effort you put into this.  I will redirect comments back to your post. 

Feb 17, 2010 12:05 PM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Thank you Don. Please keep spreading the word. This is horrible stuff when the land gets taken away under the pretense of food safety. Yet, they import stuff from China without safety, hmmm. 

Also, be aware of the first lady's initiative for combating obesity in children. Sounds great on the surface but there is an underlying danger there in liberty. She says she wants to get rid of the food deserts. Well, people have choices, if they choose to live in an area where they have to travel to get food, that is their decision. If the SEIU and the government start demanding where the food has to be brought too, the farmers will go under and all that will be left is Big Agribiz who then will use GMOs in our food and radiation to retard spoilage. Again, they will have to take from those who have to give to those who have not. A recipe for disaster. 

Feb 17, 2010 12:17 PM
Andrea Swiedler
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT
Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Katerina, I am a farm supporter from way back. I have found there is no real support, never has been. I applaud your efforts here.

The problem is so complex for the small farmer. Finding help is more than difficult, no one really is brought up to believe farm work is good work. When I grow up I want to be a farmer type of thing, just doesn't happen. It is hard, back breaking, underpaid, 36 hours a day 365 days a year. The cost of farming is outrageous, that alone will put them out of business.

I am connected with dairy farming, had to help my farmer friend (more like my dad) stop his dairy production, sell many of his cows, etc. I worked there for a long time, milking those cows, up until this past year. There is no one to hire to help, not at any price he could afford even if he could find someone. At 73 yrs old, he is lso afraid of the day he won't be able to own cows anymore, or grow his own vegetables. He can't even get a vet to the farm, vets just don't do cows anymore, not in this area. The cost of producing the milk is staggering, and the price he got for his milk? Peanuts. Yet we continue to pay more and more for the milk while the farmer gets less and less to produce it.

I am passionate about this topic, could go on forever. But I won't. Great post, a topic we all need to be aware of. We all do need to eat after all.

Feb 17, 2010 12:25 PM
Sandra White
John L Scott Real Estate - Port Townsend, WA
Experienced Residential Resale Broker

My area has a lot of very small farms, and they need water.  The bureaucracy here is trying to limit the amount of water farmers can get, and also making setbacks near water triple so many parcels with wetlands cannot be farmed any more.   Washington state just does not want more people to live here.

Feb 17, 2010 01:48 PM
Vic Steele
Vic Steele, Broker CA DRE 01349863 - Anaheim Hills, CA
Broker/Consultant

Thank you for opening my eyes to this Nestor and Katerina.  I will keep tabs and inform my clients through my blog and newsletter.  Please keep us updated!

Feb 17, 2010 04:50 PM
Dale Terry
Yadkinville, NC

All you had to say was Big Agri and Big Pharma.  That is enough.  In a weird way, give thanks that McCain wasn't elected.

Feb 17, 2010 11:12 PM
Andrew Morris
Realty Trust Services - Lakewood, OH

Sometimes I feel like we live in the land of evil... are there no good leaders...

Feb 18, 2010 12:02 AM
Kevin Robinson
Twin Falls, ID
Fractional Developer

Thanks for the information. I'll have to do further research on this bill.

Feb 18, 2010 12:41 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Home Realty- Well, I have always said that McCain is so far left that when he went into the booth to vote on election day- he voted for Obama. He is also the co sponsor of other liberty destroying bills. The status quo has to go. Clean house, sweep them out, and then get non-lifers in office. Call those to serve who are reluctant but shall do so for the benefit of the people. Where is George Washington now that we need him? Katerina 

Andrew- Ditto my comment to Home Realty. 

Feb 18, 2010 01:55 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Vic- There is so much that goes on that never meets the light of day. I am a libertarian conservative, a defender of our constitution and it does not matter to me which side is wrong, when they are wrong- they are wrong and they need to be called on it. RINOS abound in Washington and it is time to sweep them out. I don't believe what they say- I look at their record. There are some surprising stats when you review them. 

Feb 18, 2010 02:09 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Kevin- Please do. While the doctors at National Health Freedom appear to be 'out there' sometimes- when you dig deeper you will discover a deliberate attack on our liberties and who is behind all of this AGRIBIZ and BIG PHARMA. Unfortunately- CODEX is real. Just like how dangerous the FED RESERVE is to our liberty and freedom so is CODEX. Remember one thing, when BIG BIZ and Government sleep together that is a dangerous thing for that is the destruction of capitalism and the entry of fascism. I have been doing research in the health arena for many years. My mother said Hoover Tower at Stanford had all kinds of studies that Preservatives and Pesticides caused cancer. But everyone laughed at her when she refused to allow us to eat foods with additives. Well, now she is shaking her head in her grave. 

Both of these bills will effect your area. Idaho is huge in farming and the people of Idaho love their land. They already have huge pressures and no one to come to their aid and defend their rights to farm the way they choose. Talk to your family farmers about these bills. Most of them know all about them. I listened in on small farmers telling their senators what this will do to them. Tell the government to BUTT OUT OF OUR LIVES! 

Feb 18, 2010 02:17 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Sandra- Oh, I Know very well how WA state government does not want business in the state. I lived there and ran Tae Kwon Do schools and a real estate business there for 5 years. I wonder how does government think to grow if they have no private sector business? This is very sad about the water. When I lived there this fight for water was also going on. But it was CA that was trying to get the water from WA because they did not have any. I remember fighting to keep our water. 

I will say the water in WA sure tastes good. When we moved to Florida and the first time I drank tap water here was the last. I just about threw up! I thought, they call this water???? It was gross! So we have a reverse osmosis system in our home. We used to go camping all the time in WA- and drink the water right out of the river. 

 

Feb 18, 2010 02:22 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Andrea- Thank you for sharing your story. FDR wanted to collectivize farming in America. In fact, his think tank was upset that Russia was beating us to the "great experiment"!!! And look how great that was! Millions and millions of people died of starvation in USSR and Red China because of government's takeover of farming. Thank goodness it did not happen here instead however, the tactics are the same. 

THere is also a huge surplus of milk here in the U.S. The government controls the output and what gets put on the market. Again, FDR was big in creating the push for controls over production. Again, not allowing free markets to determine the supply and demand. 

 

Feb 18, 2010 04:17 AM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Katerina - it is a combination of over regulation to a "nanny state", as well as an attempt to control livelihoods and lifestyles. I agree that the water in Sandra's area of WA is fantastic tasting.

Feb 18, 2010 06:11 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

farming is everyone's bread and butter - we need to support small farms and buy locally when possible

Feb 22, 2010 12:16 PM