April Young

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  April commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Top Ten Ways To Make A Difference

  I'd like to eat sustainably and with a sense of ethics about it. Here's ten things the government could do to help me:
  
  1: Ban the feeding of animal parts to herbavores. Strongly discourage the feeding of grain diets. Strongly advocate for natural diets. (Hear me Ag extention folks???)
  
  2: Require GMO / hormone labeling
  
  3: Require place of origin labeling on all foods.
  
  4: Ban caging of animals... stalls, yes, but not confinement. All creatures need to get their yay yas out.
  
  5: Make life easier for small farmers and micro producers. Encourage mixed farming by making the regulations evidence based. As in... go read "Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal."
  
  6: I don't mind farm subsidies... but please quit giving them to big corporations. They were created to help FAMILY FARMS. Perhaps replace them with micro loans at 2% interest for improvements to the business or land. Nobody making millions need apply.
  
  7: Subsidise quality fruit & veg in the schools. Need a good reason... Giving kids *tasty* fruit helps them develop a taste for natural sugars, reduces their desire for poor quality foods, developes better eating habits for the rest of their lives, therefore reduces indigent care bills, and maybe it would help the farmers out too!
  
  8: Make WIC & Food Stamp programs easier for people to use at local food providers. I don't use WIC but those dollars would sure go round & round in the community!
  
  9: Quit letting your safety advisors put the fear of food into people. The advice I read is awfully silly!!!
  
  10: Quit giving tax breaks to stores that come into town. The boxes should compete on a level playing fireld.