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My family and I have just recently moved to Ohio from south Texas. We have been dreaming of making a small homestead for as long as I can remember. As Americans, we believe we should have the right to know EXACTLY what goes into our food. We want the opportunity to eat good food from happy and healthy animals. Without the ability to raise our own chickens and grow our own food, we are forced to blindly trust the government and goliath corporations who DO NOT care what happens to the animals in their care. They care only about what those animals can put in their pockets... Which is BAD news for us. Which is why we are here to ask you... to BEG you, to change the zoning of Anderson Township, and thereby allow families (like mine) to live the TRUE American dream: to have the freedom to do what we know to be right.
Leora supported: Petition to Change Anderson Township Zoning to Allow Chickens and HoneybeesChickens are vital for reducing food waste, which is one of the greatest global contributors to greenhouse gases. The ability to produce your own eggs is important with rising food costs. It is also an assurance of the quality of the egg itself as well as the life of the chicken that laid it, rather than getting eggs from corporations that prioritize profit over the lives of their animals and the quality and safety of their product.
Grace supported: Petition to Change Anderson Township Zoning to Allow Chickens and HoneybeesAs a beekeeper in Kentucky, I know how easy it is for honey packers to sell “local” honey. As someone who does/will continue to sell local, I find this ridiculous for legislation not to protect their state natives from large honey packers that have more revenue, more personal, more equipment. Legislators should be looking to protect their constituents that elected them, either the consumer being misled or the producer that honestly labels product. I hope that a small voice can continue raise awareness and continue the “good fight” against something like this.
Austin supported: Support Texas Beekeepers - Stop Texas Honey FraudWe are owners of a beekeeping business whose honeybees are solely in Texas producing only Texas honey. We put alot of work, time, and money into making sure our bees are healthy and productive so our customers only get Texas and Local honey.
When I look at 80%+ of honey's in the grocery store, and trace their origin and genuine labeling (any consumer can do this), I realize the honey type being marketed in fraudulently labeled when it's called "Texas" or "Local" honey. We, as Texas beekeepers, then have to compete against honey suppliers that market "fake" honey.
When I look at the USDA data on U.S. Honey imports, a large majority of what is consumed in the U.S. is imported honey from other countries. With this same source data from the USDA, Texas beekeepers only produced 8-10 percent of the total Texas honey consumed. The price of honey in Texas is premium so it must be the key objective of "honey suppliers" to mislabel honey claiming its from Texas and Local when its not generally possible.
Who is marketing this "fake" Texas and Local honey? The misleading honey marketing practices must stop and we need Truth in Labeling laws in Texas to protect real Texas honey producers.
David supported: Support Texas Beekeepers - Stop Texas Honey FraudI am with you on this. I learned the hard way. My now ex has a hive and he taught me quite a bit about bees and how there are businesses that are not real honey bee farmers and then they try to sell it out in grocery stores after it was processed and as I put it, watered down. I now look for local bee farmers that sell their honey UNFILTERED and straight from the honey bee comb/hive. We need bees. We need to protect them because they deserve it. They give us so much that it’s only right to give back to them. 🐝🐝
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