A final Reminder

This coming Tuesday is election day and for those of you readers located here in Ohio I wanted to give a final reminder and plea to vote NO on Issue 2. If you recall my last post i listed some of my reasoning to reject Issue 2. The following is from a local small farmer and friend about why he is against it.

I have been asked many times in the last week to give my opinions on Issue 2. I am pleased to hear so many seem to want my opinion before making up their own mind. So, here goes:

I am solidly against Issue 2 and will vote NO on Issue 2!!
The reason is that Issue 2 was created by the confined animal producers to protect their right to raise animals in confinement. It will create a board to oversee animal care made up primarily of these confinement farmers.
Issue 2 is NOT about local food, it's about Ohio farmers who want to retain their right to raise confined animals. The advertising is Orwelling double-speak in the worst way I have ever seen.
As you know, raising animals this way is not healthy for you who eat the food, whether it is dairy, eggs, pork, or beef. It takes away the Omega 3, betacarotine and CLA and replaces it with fat and cholesterol. Please read "Why Grass-fed is Best" and "Omnivore's Dilemma."

Again I want to emphasize that the responsibility is not nor should it be given to the government to make our food safe. If the government was truly committed to a safe food supply then we would not have entered into our current situation. They are more concerned with packing their excess of corn and soybeans into your diet for the sole benefit of the economy. More inspectors and chairpersons can be "influenced" just as so many have been already. If you are the inspector of your own food supply then the system becomes far more legitimate.

So please, for the sake of small local safe farms, for the sake of rural communities and most of all for the sake of actual safe and healthy food for all of us please vote NO on Issue 2 this coming Tuesday.