This bill has NOTHING to do with socialism and EVERYTHING to do with capitalism. The profits of big agriculture are written all over this bill. I've spent weeks 'dissecting' every word in the bill and researching the co sponsors and the wretched politicians that wrote it , you should do the same. It does in fact impact farmers markets or any vegetable that is sold or meant for human consumption. It makes all growers comply with industry regulations ie insect control/pest nematodes,bacterial disease control and on and on. It hardly impacts the current agriculture monopolies and impacts the small farmers that don't have the resources to comply with regulations. Tom Vilsak (one of the bills authors) is heavily in favor of large industrial farms and genetically modified crops. Political spin confuses people, it is not about socialism per say , if we want to be intellectually honest HR 875 was born out of corporate monopolies infiltrating Washington with their money and influence. This bill is capitalism out of control,paradoxically the profit motive of corporate monopolies is behind this bill. They see the threat of small farmers and back yard growers and they want to stop it. This is all about $ business $....thats capitalism for you.

I put no credence at all in anybody's promotion of "super foods", vitamins, diets, or supplements as a means to health. I don't think our bodies are that biologically simplistic. I also think we have become overly preoccupied with health/illness issues. You can hardly get away these days from prompts to think about sickness and I don't believe it makes us any healthier, although it may serve to defend against anxiety about about our inevitable mortality. But paradoxically I think it makes people feel even more anxious about the possibility of sickness during life. Medical providers (legitimate and illegitimate) and the media all pander to this paradox because it makes money for them. Real advances in medical knowledge are news, but the endless recycling of that info into promotional programs, menus, diet and health advice and regimens, etc. are just out to capitalize (literally) on our media-fanned fears. Except for personally-specific advice provided by your doctor (and in these days of BigPharma and medical device-promoted influence on MDs, even that should be weighed carefully, I guess), don't read or listen to too much else about health. It's all intended to support one revenue-stream or another. Even "newsletters" from seemingly reliable sources (like Mayo, WebMD, etc,) while not selling you a specific product are still selling your attention to advertisers or promoting themselves. That's how the business models work. Newspapers and TV reports are the same: they are attracting your attention in a time-honored and effective way to expose you to their advertisers' pitches. Even if the information is accurate, you are "paying" by having your attention drawn to sickness or poor health possibilities, even for a short span. And cumulatively it all adds up to a pervasive mind-set of ill-health-consciousness. L.

one year, my grandfather stayed the entire 3 month of Summer at my house at Whittier, California. I had recently two young adult avocado trees in my back yard. when my Grandfather arrived he visited the alvocado trees. Asked me to get him two rusty 5 inch nails and a hammer. He nailed the rusty nails into the trunks of each trees. I stood by scratching my head wondering where was all this going? The next Summer my Grandfather returned again. Surprisingly the trees started producing enormance amount of buds. within another the third Summer the trees were producing many many alvocados. As I recalled it these two trees lived for something like 20 years producing large quantities of Hass Alvocadoes. My Grandfather returned every year to care for those trees. And he finally explained the basic reasoning behind nailing a rusty nail to the trunks of a fruit bearing tree. Stimulation was the primary reasoning. Secondary, was supporting over hanging branches weighed down from all them large sized alvocados. Thirdly providing a surplus of irrigation water by digging a circular deep trench around both trees. My Grandfather, he was a genius. like many many other grandfathers whwho lived from those eras.

Since the United Nations report links stop working, I have copied the conclusion section here: "B. Recommendations 106. The international community must work on a comprehensive, binding treaty to regulate hazardous pesticides throughout their life cycle, taking into account human rights principles. Such an instrument should: (a) Aim to remove existing double standards among countries that are particularly detrimental to countries with weaker regulatory systems; (b) Generate policies to reduce pesticide use worldwide and develop a framework for the banning and phasing-out of highly hazardous pesticides; (c) Promote agroecology; (d) Place strict liability on pesticide producers. 107. States should: (a) Develop comprehensive national action plans that include incentives to support alternatives to hazardous pesticides, as well as initiate binding and measurable reduction targets with time limits; (b) Establish systems to enable various national agencies responsible for agriculture, public health and the environment to cooperate efficiently to address the adverse impact of pesticides and to mitigate risks related to their misuse and overuse; (c) Establish impartial and independent risk-assessment and registration processes for pesticides, with full disclosure requirements from the producer. Such processes must be based on the precautionary principle, taking into account the hazardous effects of pesticide products on human health and the environment; (d) Consider non-chemical alternatives first, and only allow chemicals to be registered where need can be demonstrated; (e) Enact safety measures to ensure adequate protections for pregnant women, children and other groups who are particularly susceptible to pesticide exposure; (f) Fund comprehensive scientific studies on the potential health effects of pesticides, including exposure to a mixture of chemicals as well as multiple exposures over time; (g) Guarantee rigorous and regular analysis of food and beverages to determine levels of hazardous residues, including in infant formula and follow-on foods, and make such information accessible to the public; (h) Closely monitor agricultural pesticide use and storage to minimize risks and ensure that only those with the requisite training are permitted to apply such products, and that they do so according to instructions and using appropriate protective equipment; (i) Create buffer zones around plantations and farms until pesticides are phased out, to reduce pesticide exposure risk; (j) Organize training programmes for farmers to raise awareness of the harmful effects of hazardous pesticides and of alternative methods; (k) Take necessary measures to safeguard the public’s right to information, including enforcing requirements to indicate the type of pesticides used and level of residues on the labels of food and drink products; (l) Regulate corporations to respect human rights and avoid environmental damage during the entire life cycle of pesticides; (m) Impose penalties on companies that fabricate evidence and disseminate misinformation on the health and environmental risks of their products; (n) Monitor corporations to ensure that labelling, safety precautions and training standards are respected; (o) Encourage farmers to adopt agroecological practices to enhance biodiversity and naturally suppress pests, and to adopt measures such as crop rotation, soil fertility management and crop selection appropriate for local conditions; (p) Provide incentives for organically produced food through subsidies and financial and technical assistance, as well as by using public procurement; (q) Encourage the pesticide industry to develop alternative pest management approaches; (r) Eliminate pesticide subsidies and instead initiate pesticide taxes, import tariffs and pesticide-use fees. 108. Civil society should inform the general public about adverse impact of pesticides on human health and environmental damage, as well as organizing training programmes on agroecology. "