The NYT released an interesting graphic of which U.S. counties suffer the worst unemployment. Go there and hover over them to see. You can zoom in as well.
There’s a bill (H.R. 875) being moved swiftly in Congress right now about increasing food standards. But there are many who fear it could mean major problems for small organic farms, farmers markets, even your own backyard garden. The one in the Senate is S. 425. Read more for yourself, and call (202)-224-3121 or otherwise let your Congressman know you don’t like it. Contact the House Committee on Energy Commerce and House Committee of Agriculture. Do this too.
H.R. 875 entirety and S. 425 entirety (www.govtrack.us)
Stop Federal Takeover of Food Regulation in H.R. 875
Please Stop H.R. 875 and S 425 in their current form
HR 875: The End of Organic Farming?
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But apparently he’s made a couple questionable moves already. Appointing Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture? (6 reasons this is bad). And picking homophobic evangelical minister Rick Warren to deliver his invocation at the inauguration?
