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Attorney General Eric Holder abd USDA chief, Tom Vilsack have announced that their agencies are working together to enforce antitrust laws in the agriculture sector. I hope this is good news. They will be going after companies like Monsanto who monopolize the seed and chemical business. Pretty soon generic biotech seeds will become available as patents expire for things like Round Up Ready corn. Does this mean that we can see the percentage of biotech crops grown in the US increase from where they are now? I can't wait. Generic GMOs.
Of course, this quaint step towards enforcing the law will mean nothing if we do not amend the Constitution to reverse the "Citizens United" Supreme Court decision. Chris Dodd introduced an amendment but I think it is too narrow. It focuses on the ability of Congress to pass laws restricting campaign spending. I prefer the Move to Amend approach, which is to say that money is not speech and corporations are not persons.
In the City of Petaluma, we are converting a 1950's tract home into a productive and sustainable food source. Packing the yards with gardens, fruit trees and bees and doing away with the front lawn, we hope to be part of the solution and an inspiration to passers by.
Other Urban Homestead Related Links
- 4th & C Produce Swap
- Gatewood Urban Homestead
- Homegrown Evolution
- Institute of Urban Homesteading
- Instructables
- Leda's Urban Homestead
- Marin Open Garden Project
- My Farm
- My Urban Homestead
- Path To Freedom
- Petaluma Urban Homestead
- Quince Urban Homestead
- Sustainable Urban Homestead
- Treehugger
- Urban Homestead
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