The looming government crackdown….

….is picking up a little news interest.

We’ve mentioned this before.  The Feds are planning to use new, so-called “food safety” regulations to penalize small farmers.  We say “penalize” because the problems in the food industry…safety and other things…are not because of small farms and farmers’ markets.

Just last week, lettuce grown by giant farms in Mexico and sold in giant restaurant chains like Red Lobster and Olive Garden were found to be contaminated.  But it’s a lot easier for the feds to go after the farmers market over at Massie’s Corner.

The result of the new regulations, according to one study, will be a 50% reduction in the profits of the little guy.  Actually, most little guys, like Thistle Hill, will just go out of the meat business rather than comply.  That leaves the field open to those giants….and industrial food…which is the whole point of federal policy.  Here’s a roundup of the key elements in the story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacy-miller/for-farmers-farmers-market_b_3716429.html

Thanks to Dr. Sue Beal for the link.