Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama - Yahoo! News
"The $4.5 billion bill approved by the House 264-157 would also try to cut down on greasy foods and extra calories by giving the government power to decide what kinds of foods may be sold in vending machines and lunch lines."
Vending...
I've been reading about Codex Alimentarius for awhile now. As someone who supports local farmers, I can't even imagine the consequences if something like this were to go into effect.
Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act vote imminent: Would outlaw gardening and saving seeds
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This is stupid, McDonalds should announce that they are closing all restaurants in the area.
San Francisco bans Happy Meals - Los Angeles Times
The food police have arrived
In another scam to cause healthy people buy pharmaceuticals, psychiatrists are now telling people who eat strict health-conscious diets that they have a mental disorder, Orthorexia Nervosa. If you count calories, avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup, eat organic, avoid artificial sweeteners, and...
Apparently in at least a few states (UT, WA, CO), it is illegal to trap rainwater for your own use, such as watering your garden or washing cars. This is just another example of an ignorant law criminalizing a victimless activity.
It’s Illegal to Collect Rainwater | Fellowship of the Minds...
This may come as news to some of you, but Genetically Modified (GM) foods are currently being approved by the FDA and are on your supermarket shelves.
I am against the FDA, but as long as it exists, it ought to actually do what it is supposed to do. Customers want to know if food is coming...
The FDA has made it clear that we peasants have no right to choose the foods we eat without their permission. Naturally-made cheese and milk are cracked down on using violent police raids, as if the farmers were running a meth lab. This is routine news, the natural foods market is being...
County Sues Farmer, Cites Too Many Crops - News Story - WSB Atlanta
More attacks on farmers and food freedom and property rights. Government doesn't like when you can feed your own family and actually make a little money from your own property and labor.
Georgia Man Fined for Growing...
Gardening will Soon be Regulated
You guys need to see this if you don't visit the Political forum. Gardening, seed saving, growing your own food.... all will be banned under a new law.
It has ALREADY PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPS.
It gives the FDA supreme command of every food producer in the...
This bill passed the House July 30, 2009!! IT IS HALFWAY TO BEING LAW!!!
This will add heavy regulations to the way food-growers raise food. Small farmers will be essentially regulated out of existence. It will be too complicated and expensive to keep up with the demands of the government...