Archive for June 29, 2009
A Big Food Safety Bill Could Hurt Small Farms
Safety inspections protocol has been trending toward ‘one-size-fits-all’, leaving many to wonder how much longer small farms will survive.
The farmers that do survive continually frustrate inspection officials. The Polyface farm, featured in the Omnivore’s Dilemma and more recently in Food Inc., demonstrates how of a lot the minutia aimed at large-scale processors is out of [...]
June 29, 2009
Tags: farmers, food safety, policy, USDA Posted in: Health, Politics, Science & Technology 
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