| With less than 2 weeks notice and during the peak of planting season, the FDA held a listening session in San Antonio, Texas, on the issue of produce standards.
Michael Taylor, FDA's Senior Advisor, was there along with TX Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture Drew DeBerry and TX Associate Commissioner of State Health Services, Ben Delgado. After comments from Mr. Taylor about the FDA's plans to propose regulations for how farmers grow and harvest crops, an industry panel spoke for about an hour. Notably, there was not a single small or organic farmer or representative on the panel. In contrast, the public comments that followed were almost entirely from small farmers.
A young intern videotaped the comments, and we've got about 7 posted on YouTube:
My statement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Brad Stufflebeam, CSA farmer:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Fa...
And 5 more statements:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Fa... |
