RE: Re: salmonella poisoning on Frontline

[Guest guest]

At 10:04 PM 4/19/02 -0400, Suze wrote:

I was just at an NT potluck here in

>southern maine, and the farmers were complaining that the USDA keeps

>changing the rules for slaughtering livestock and with each new change, it's

>getting harder and harder to maintain a small farm. The newest thing, I

>believe, is that the farms are only allowed to process 1,000 chickens per

>year, no matter if it's for their own consumption, or for sale. After 1,000

>they have to take them to be butchered at a USDA facility, of which there

>are only a few in this area. I know of at least one chicken farm that's

>stopped chicken farming because this new rule makes it too difficult for

>them to process the amount of birds they need to in order to make a go of

>it.

They need to read Fast Food Nation. As its explained if you're a consumer or

farmer you're supporting the dozen corporations that got their biggest boost

from Reagan's term. You don't even want to go big chicken farming the

corporations will control your every move. I think the only way a small farmer

can make a go of it is to serve their community and diversify to value added

products....like it should have stayed.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

>They need to read Fast Food Nation. As its explained if you're a consumer or

>farmer you're supporting the dozen corporations that got their biggest

>boost from Reagan's term.

It is fashionable these days to blame Reagan. Don't forget that one of the

worlds biggest chicken producers, Tyson, supported Clinton for both

governor or Arkansas and President

[Guest guest]

At 03:52 PM 4/20/02 -0700, Alec wrote:

>

>>They need to read Fast Food Nation. As its explained if you're a consumer or

>>farmer you're supporting the dozen corporations that got their biggest

>>boost from Reagan's term.

>

>It is fashionable these days to blame Reagan. Don't forget that one of the

>worlds biggest chicken producers, Tyson, supported Clinton for both

>governor or Arkansas and President

Quite absurd as Reagan deregulated antitrust for meat processors and Clinton's

administration was there for Microsoft's antitrust. Antitrust should mean

antitrust wherever it applies.

Wanita