The way that State Question 777 is written, is both vague and misleading. It sounds good on paper but if this amendment is enacted, it would have several disadvantages. First off, I eat fruits, nuts and vegetables, many of which are dependent on pollination for their production. If SQ 777 passes, it would make it more difficult to ban chemicals which harm our bees and butterflies.
I am also concerned about the safety of farm laborers, since this amendment would prevent any enactment of labor laws which protect them from harm. This is especially concerning since Agriculture has been the deadliest U.S. industry every year for the last decade (modernfarmer.com /2014/06/farm-deaths).
Another major concern is the health effects of antibiotics and other dangerous chemicals which are added to the animal feed. Any challenge to the agricultural technology and livestock practices, made by individuals or governmental agencies, would be subject to an unreasonable amount of “Strict scrutiny”. Our city cannot afford the legal costs to fight these losing battles. This amendment would create a special class of corporate citizens, which have not earned that level of protection.
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Besides, Oklahoma already has a “Right to Farm” statute. We support agriculture in this state already without giving away the proverbial
In the next 5o years farmers around the world will have to feed more people than we did the previous 100 years. Farmers are among the best stewards of the land as they realize they must protect the land in order for it to remain productive. Without someone to farm the land then we have no crops to export, which leads to no profit. As you can see the people who take time to plant and take care of the crops that make up Arkansas economy are just as important as the crops themselves.
Agricultural subsidies is a very complex and controversial economic topic today. It will continue to be a hot topic as government continues it. It is largely debated in the United States as well as in other countries. The reason it is so largely debated is because it literally have an effect on the entire world market. Not to mention that the farm has been booming the last 5 to 10 years. This topic also tends to draw strong opinions in our area in particular due to the large agricultural community in our region. However, even within different states there are many supporters as well as opponents to these government subsidies.
Although a 2002 agriculture law superseded many parts of FAIRA, acreage was still increased because of the growing demand for corn in animal feed, the need for corn in ethanol manufacturing, and the increased possibility to make food with corn byproducts. These seem to be good and fair reasons to focus our efforts on increasing output, however, the same issue arises: the more corn that is made, the less stable a livelihood farming becomes, regardless of the subsidies that the federal government provides.
Hamilton believes that when lawmakers are making laws, they should keep farms and farmers in mind. He believes that it is very important to educate and make sure people around us understand the importance of agriculture. The author states that the lawmakers need to remember land can have some food issues. This means that the people and law makers need to think about how the farm is taken care of and who is taken care of it. The most important thing is that there people of power and the consumer want to make sure our food that is being farmed is healthy and safe to eat. The author also believes that all these issues
The Farm Bill only faced minor changes up until 1996, when a Republican Congress in favor of deregulating the industry redrafted the legislation to allow for more free market engagements. Since then, the debate over deregulating and unsubsidizing farmers has grown immensely.
Why should anyone who doesn't farm or ranch care about Question 777, the Right To Farm amendment? Simple, because each and every one of us relies on agriculture to feed us, clothe us, and drive our economy.
It is hard for farmers who need employees to keep agricultural business going when they cannot find willing people to work these jobs. Farmers are not the only businesses affected but also slaughterhouses, dairies, and lumber businesses as well. These jobs
Pollination is essentially plant reproduction - without help from animal pollinators, our everyday food supply would look much different
Topic: This amendment is within the topic of Food and Public Safety. This amendment protects the public from buying genetically modified products without their knowledge. This amendment would give the people the right to know what is in their food and products and will also give people the assurance that their money is going to a company that they want to be supporting.
The Georgia State Senate passed an amended version of a religious freedom bill on Friday.
Growing up on a small family wheat farm in southwestern Oklahoma, I have experienced the harsh conditions of farming firsthand. The job that used to employ the largest amount of people in the United States has lost the support and the respect of the American people. The Jeffersonian Ideal of a nation of farmers has been tossed aside to be replaced by a nation of white-collar workers. The family farm is under attack and it is not being protected. The family farm can help the United States economically by creating jobs in a time when many cannot afford the food in the stores. The family farm can help prevent the degradation of the environment by creating a mutually beneficial relationship between the people producing the food and nature. The family farm is the answer to many of the tough questions facing the United States today, but these small farms are going bankrupt all too often. The government’s policy on farming is the largest factor in what farms succeed, but simple economics, large corporations, and society as a whole influence the decline in family farms; small changes in these areas will help break up the huge corporate farms, keeping the small family farm afloat.
I am for the motion; the farmers should separate the powers of government into tree branches and make a system of checks and balances to guard against abuse of those powers. Farmers should have the right to states this as said. I also, agree with this motion because, me personally, I think that agriculture is more important than Congress’s power.
Negative: This bill could potentially hurt local farmers in impoverished areas. The bill would create less of a need of local produce, which would then force farmers in these areas to boost their prices, which would mean higher prices for local goods for those people who still buy from local farmers. This could further poverty in some areas and
Therefore, we as taxpayers has the decisions to support what we believe in. We have the right to put our decision into these appalling actions that are funded with our money the EPA, FDA, Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Consumer Product Safety Commission are doing little to nothing about animal testing but taking away an innocent sweet creature’s life. One letter can go a long way, we can write letters together to the FDA, CDC, or Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to stop this horrifying testing on animals when there are many affordable
There are several different species of insect pollinators, but the bees in general make up sixty-two percent of them. Honeybees make up thirty-nine percent of that number, and the other twenty-three is composed of several different species of bees. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one-third of the homo-sapiens diet is insect pollinated and honeybees are accountable for eighty percent of the pollination of that one-third. The population of the honeybees in the United States has been noticeably declining from the late 1990 's, so the threat to the majority of the world food supply is slowly increasing as our pollinators population decreases.