Will New Food Safety Legislation Criminalize Backyard Gardens and Family Farms?

Recent food contamination scares have prompted legislation in Washington that would create a new "Food Safety Administration" to oversee a nationwide tracking system for our food supply from field to table. Steve Shenk has been in the food business for 27 years and now serves as director for eFoods Direct, a nationwide distributor of bulk, dehydrated foods. He sees serious problems with the Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 875), and discusses how the bill can be used to directly control the nation's food supply; not just the major industrial farms and food processing plants, but small family-run and organic farms, backyard gardens, and even household pantries as well. He says the bill would ban organic fertilizers, impose $1 million dollar fines on offenders, require criminal prosecution and property seizure, and will drive small farms out of business by requiring a new and cumbersome set of reporting and tracking requirements. Listen | Download

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