ACTION ALERT
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
A bill proposed by Senator Durbin and new proposed FDA regulations could severely limit public access to dietary supplements.
ACTION TO TAKE
Please contact your Senators and Representatives, by phone. fax, or e-mail, expressing your strong opposition to the Durbin bill S1310, which could potentially severely limiting the availability of nutritional supplements. Public outcry has stopped many intrusions onto the supplement industry in the past, and we can do it again, but it takes pressure, and effort, and energy.
In addition, please notify your elected representatives of your opposition to draconian new regulations proposed... Read More
Nick Maravell has farmed the land on Brickyard Rd. in Potomac for 30 years. He has farmed it organically and sustainably, benefiting the local community, consumers and other farmers in the county, and our environment, including the Chesapeake Bay. He has farmed so well that in September of 2010, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack appointed Mr. Maravell to the prestigious National Organic Standards Board.
Nick's Organic Farm is a heritage farm, one of the few organic farms in our county and the only one to produce genuine organic seed. And now the Montgomery County government wants to destroy it.
Earlier... Read More
by Angie Aller
Amy Becerra, might not be Michelle Obama, but she certainly should have the same rights to grow in her own back yard as Michelle, no? Well the The Weston Hills/North Hills Homeowners Association begs to differ.
Last Wednesday Amy went to court to fight for her right to keep her organic garden. If she looses the case against her, she will be forced to pay a fine of $100 per DAY that her garden remains in her yard. The argument form the HOA is it goes against community uniformity. I can see and understand both sides of the... Read More
By Danielle Lee
In the U.S., the farm bill is the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government. Every 5 or so years, Congress votes on whether to amend and/or suspend certain provisions. These can be highly controversial and can impact international trade, environmental preservation, food safety, and the well-being of rural communities. In 2002, the bill was criticized by advocates, such as Michael Pollan, for making it economic to keep beef cattle in enclosed areas, feeding them cheap subsidized corn and antibiotics. In 2010, the farm bill programs spent $96.3 billion! With that much money out... Read More
Did you know that Congress spent $190,000 on bottled water in the first quarter of 2010? Tax dollars to pay for water that should be about a penny a gallon. Even adding a filtration system would cost less. This does not even take into consideration the environmental cost of all those plastic water bottles. We have to trust that the people who are spending our money on bottled water are also recycling them.
Speaker Boehner wants to cut the budget for House offices. The general manager of DC Water and Sewage Authority (DC Water), George S. Hawkins, recently sent Speaker... Read More
