Comments on: Medfly Confusion at the Farmers’ Markets http://eat-la.com/news-deals-and-events/medfly-confusion-at-the-farmers-markets/ The Food Lover's Guide to Los Angeles Mon, 07 May 2012 14:31:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Avoiding ‘Medfly Confusion’ | Good Food http://eat-la.com/news-deals-and-events/medfly-confusion-at-the-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 Avoiding ‘Medfly Confusion’ | Good Food Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:02:54 +0000 http://eat-la.com/?p=11531#comment-1873 [...] ‘Medfly Confusion’ Check out Amelia Saltsmans‘ post about the Medfly quarantine at area farmers markets. var addthis_pub = 'kcrw'; var [...] [...] ‘Medfly Confusion’ Check out Amelia Saltsmans‘ post about the Medfly quarantine at area farmers markets. var addthis_pub = 'kcrw'; var [...]

]]> By: jan knep http://eat-la.com/news-deals-and-events/medfly-confusion-at-the-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1871 jan knep Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:22:50 +0000 http://eat-la.com/?p=11531#comment-1871 oh my, another CDFA money grabber/pesticide industry money boondoggle. Medfly has been in this country for decades and countless millions of taxpayer money has been harvested by corporate ag and chemical ag - a travesty. Every year there are new and repetitions of the "emergency quarantine" bug of the year to steal millions of taxpayers' dollars to advantage the trade of big corporate farms allied with pesticide industries (the same in many cases, like Stewart Resnick who is buying up as much land as he can and owns a public water aquifer and dines and sullies Diane Feinstein's legislation who sprayed us here in Central California). Who loses? - The American consumer, the environment, the small farmer, the indepedent organic farmer, consumer choice. oh my, another CDFA money grabber/pesticide industry money boondoggle. Medfly has been in this country for decades and countless millions of taxpayer money has been harvested by corporate ag and chemical ag – a travesty. Every year there are new and repetitions of the “emergency quarantine” bug of the year to steal millions of taxpayers’ dollars to advantage the trade of big corporate farms allied with pesticide industries (the same in many cases, like Stewart Resnick who is buying up as much land as he can and owns a public water aquifer and dines and sullies Diane Feinstein’s legislation who sprayed us here in Central California). Who loses? – The American consumer, the environment, the small farmer, the indepedent organic farmer, consumer choice.

]]> By: RobertW http://eat-la.com/news-deals-and-events/medfly-confusion-at-the-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1865 RobertW Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:50:37 +0000 http://eat-la.com/?p=11531#comment-1865 THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (CDFA) IS A DISHONEST AGENCY. CDFA has said that they have eradicated this pest nearly thirty times. But that is like saying they have quit smoking 30 times, they never really have, but they take taxpayer money every time. Many and most of these programs are just excuses to milk money from our taxpayer funds which CDFA top management feels should be theirs. CDFA is currently trying to initiate an eradication program for the entire state of California for a moth (Light Brown Apple Moth) that hasn't done any damage for the near half century that it has been here. But CDFA is tired of small scale. They are going after about $100 million per year of our money and if their other programs are any indication, they will attempt to milk it for 30 years or more. See: http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/view/76798 CDFA can't take the money out for themselves directly. But they give the money to large insider chemical corporations in the form of huge contracts for pesticides that are unnecessary. And then they have their means to get their share through all types of crony relationships, particularly after they leave the agency. Kawamura, the secretary of the CDFA, actually sprayed pesticides directly onto children IN CITIES in Northern California even though they were category 3 toxins. CDFA told the parents that the products were non-toxic and perfectly safe. Can you imagine the parents of the little 11-month-old perfectly healthy boy who went into respiratory arrest after the spray and his life was saved by an expert team of doctors at the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula. Can you even imagine! Anyway, that's a quick update. Remember that most pesticides can be avoided simply by learning how to actually farm, rather than blanket bombing the land with chemical toxins and then harvesting from the devastation. If multiple crops are planted within proximity to each other with knowledge of which insects and how many are attracted to each crop, then the mix of insects will control themselves. The planet already provided the formula for that balance. Best to all RW THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (CDFA) IS A DISHONEST AGENCY.

CDFA has said that they have eradicated this pest nearly thirty times. But that is like saying they have quit smoking 30 times, they never really have, but they take taxpayer money every time. Many and most of these programs are just excuses to milk money from our taxpayer funds which CDFA top management feels should be theirs.

CDFA is currently trying to initiate an eradication program for the entire state of California for a moth (Light Brown Apple Moth) that hasn’t done any damage for the near half century that it has been here. But CDFA is tired of small scale. They are going after about $100 million per year of our money and if their other programs are any indication, they will attempt to milk it for 30 years or more.

See: http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/view/76798

CDFA can’t take the money out for themselves directly. But they give the money to large insider chemical corporations in the form of huge contracts for pesticides that are unnecessary. And then they have their means to get their share through all types of crony relationships, particularly after they leave the agency.

Kawamura, the secretary of the CDFA, actually sprayed pesticides directly onto children IN CITIES in Northern California even though they were category 3 toxins. CDFA told the parents that the products were non-toxic and perfectly safe. Can you imagine the parents of the little 11-month-old perfectly healthy boy who went into respiratory arrest after the spray and his life was saved by an expert team of doctors at the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula. Can you even imagine!

Anyway, that’s a quick update. Remember that most pesticides can be avoided simply by learning how to actually farm, rather than blanket bombing the land with chemical toxins and then harvesting from the devastation. If multiple crops are planted within proximity to each other with knowledge of which insects and how many are attracted to each crop, then the mix of insects will control themselves. The planet already provided the formula for that balance.

Best to all

RW

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