I was in a Whole Foods store yesterday and I went to the frozen foods section for frozen ORGANIC vegetables. Took me a lot of reading of the packages to find their origin. The majority came from China and the rest from Mexico. I left empty handed.

I want Elaine’s cattle products and H.A.’s fruit!! NOT the products that profess to be organic from China and Mexico!! And this isn’t just because of my pet family and yours but I also want to be safe in what I feed my human family.

And Joyce, I have a friend who is a stock broker. I really like you Menu stock buy/sell idea and I’d be willing to do that. I’ll check with my broker friend and post back on Monday….Stay tuned…..

http://www.policydirections.com/staff.htm

The bio says that he worked for ABC’s publications division. I knew him at that time: he was the Washington reporter for a weekly tabloid called “Feedstuffs,” which was targeted to U.S. feed manufacturers. The parent company, Miller Publishing, was bought by ABC. He then became a lobbyist for the American Feed Manufacturers Association. He’s been representing the interests of the feed industry and renderers in Washington for a long time.

Note also that one of his colleagues at his current place of employment is former FDA commissioner Lester Crawford.

Susan

Maybe we should all email him and set him straight on the #’s and food manufacturers inability to police themselves.???

Elaine, I applaud your efforts.

I’ve worked on several public affairs campaigns (unrelated to this) and know how hard it is to get an op-ed piece placed in key newspapers. But this is a moment when people and lawmakers are paying attention, so try again, especially about COOL.

Perhaps written by someone like Dr. David Kessler,
(“The fact is that food is a second-tier priority within the FDA,” said Dr. David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner in the administrations of the first President Bush and President Clinton. Kessler said the federal government has more authority to halt the distribution of dangerous toys than it has over unsafe food products.”) That would be perfect for the NY Times.

Or a more personal piece written by a family farmer, with the appeal that what is good for our families, our pets, and our land, is good for the family farmer who’s had a hard time of it in this global economy.