Comments on: Issue #2 in Ohio

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:06:25 +0000

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By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:19:54 +0000

Very apt that this issue comes to vote on the day a very important movie about the food industry is released on DVD. Food Inc.

(from the website) In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

I’ve posted the link to their webiste above, and I strongly encourage anybody interested in this issue to see this movie. It was released today, and can also be found onilne with a little digging. Thanks for your vote and post, it’s important for people to see that they can find out a lot about the issues if they look who’s funding them.
-Robbie

By: Miranda Wildman Efird

Miranda Wildman Efird — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:49:58 +0000

thank you for putting your time and research into this. I live in NC where there are a lot of factory farms. I am a voter and encourage people to vote for the politician that have a care for our local food and and farmers. The health of our families and our planet depends on it. We also have a good amount of awesome local farms where we concentrate on eating from. Thanks again!

By: 1916home.net

1916home.net — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:20:25 +0000

When I really got into being concerned about the food I put in my body… maybe 3 years ago, it was impossible to find raw milk in southern california. There was one company making it, and I would have to drive every other week about 30 miles and wait in line with other like minded people for our share of raw milk. I only did that a couple times and monitored the industry and always kept asking my local markets like Whole Foods (and others similar called Sprouts) to carry raw milk. I think with enough people demanding it, they started carrying it. Now, whenever I make it to the store… if I dont get there early enough, the raw milk is gone! But it is ooooohhhhhhh ssssooooooo goooooooooddd. :)

By: Susy

Susy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:44:45 +0000

Yep, I’m lactose intolerant and can only drink raw milk. So is the farmer I buy my milk off of, I mean the farmer that boards my cow that I drink my raw milk from :)

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:39:18 +0000

Issue 2 is Big Ag’s power grab to thwart basic animal welfare improvements that are being enacted in several other states. If you oppose animal abuse, voting NO on Issue 2 is the right call.

More at:

http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/ballot_initiatives/ohio_issue_2.html

By: 1916home.net

1916home.net — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:26:30 +0000

+1 on the raw milk! Thats all we drink anymore. And for those of you who avoid milk because you are lactose intolerant, try some raw milk and you wont have any problems.
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By: Teresa O

Teresa O — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:25:48 +0000

This is one of the muddiest issues I’ve seen with a lack or genuine information for voters to sort through to find out what it’s really all about. As someone who lived on a family farm for 20 years and experienced, not just a loss of income, but a drastic change in lifestyle, this issue hits a nerve. I’m voting no on Issue 2 and standing up for the rights of small growers and sustainable farming and saying no to a panel of cronies that want nothing more than to determine for Ohioans how to grow, raise, garden, and farm.
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By: 1916home.net

1916home.net — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:24:32 +0000

A great read thanks… You know, this sort of thing has happened all around the country without people realizing. There are now secret panels of unelected officials making decisions every day about the fate of Americans all across the country. Child Protective Services (here in Cali) is one of them off the top of my head. No judge, no trial, no jury.

Ohio sounds like it has some challenges ahead! Unfortunately, all of us Americans may have to bow down again if we dont find new bills arising in congress. They are pushing a new bill S.B. 510 and the House has its own counterpart bill, H.R. 2749.

http://www.ftcldf.org/news/news-07Oct2009.html

Luckily, there are farmers and everyday folk trying to do something to stop all of this such as the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance.

http://farmandranchfreedom.org/content/

What these bills will do is regulate what YOU grow in your backyard. It will set up an ungoverned and unelected new department with “officials” (I use that lightly) going around and inspecting everyone. This is going to cause more paperwork, more headaches, more bureaucracy, and you can bet more fees.

Its really time we stand up for our rights and not let government or big business win this one.

By: the inadvertent farmer

the inadvertent farmer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:23:13 +0000

You are wise to look behind the ‘veil’ and see who is sponsoring different issues…it will always say alot about what the real agenda is.
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