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Woman fights Williamstown to feed her allergenic kids home raised food

Gryphonsclaw — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:09:26 +0000

Jessica and her family moved a to rural homestead in hopes of raising food for her kids who have extreme food allergies. After receiving a verbal okay from the township allowing livestock animals such as chickens and goats she purchased a plot of land outside of the town Williamstown, MI. Now, the town is informing her that she has violated zoning laws and to remove her animals. She is fighting back for her family against the town and has a pretty detailed story above.

Farmageddon: The Unseen War On American Family Farms

jaypfeif — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:57:25 +0000

Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent action, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.

70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’

TheAllen4 — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:09:25 +0000

Gerald Zirnstein and his fellow USDA scientist, Carl Custer, both warned against using what the industry calls “lean finely textured beef,” widely known now as “pink slime,” but their government bosses overruled them.
The “pink slime” does not have to appear on the label because, over objections of its own scientists, USDA officials with links to the beef industry labeled it meat.

“The under secretary said, ‘it’s pink, therefore it’s meat,’” Custer told ABC News.

Health department raids community picnic

thunderbug — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:45:29 +0000

We were told our food was unfit for consumption and demanded that we call off the event...

OK State agencies sweep MidTown outdoor food market

okmike87 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:40:33 +0000

The loving imperial government rolled in and shut down these horrible criminals daring to enter into contracts with willing customers who wished to purchase food and drink.

New federal license law could kill the family farm

Slim — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:42:10 +0000

The new law would require anyone who drives a tractor to get a Commercial Drivers License. If a CDL was required the cost for food will increase dramatically. During times such as harvest farmers need to work long hours to get crops harvested before they spoil in the fields. CDL requirement would reduce the labor pool since the minimum age for a CDL is 21.

'Anonymous' hackers declare war on Orlando

baddams — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:44:22 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous on Monday declared war against the city of Orlando, Florida, over the arrest of people handing out food to homeless people.

Civil Disobedience on a Paper Plate

Aahz — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:48:07 +0000

The underground market seeks to encourage food entrepreneurship by helping young vendors avoid roughly $1,000 a year in fees -- including those for health permits and liability insurance -- required by legitimate farmers markets. Here, where the food rave -- call it a crave -- was born, the market organizers sidestep city health inspections by operating as a private club, requiring that participants become "members" (free) and sign a disclaimer noting that food might not be prepared in a space that has been inspected.