I urge everyone to ask your senators to co-sponsor Sen. Tester’s amendments which are designed to protect the local, healthy food movement. For more info on the these amendments go to http://farmandranchfreedom.org/food_safety_bills_09. There is also a link to a letter supporting the amendments already signed by several ID organizations. We need co-ops, food banks, farmer groups, any group concerned about the availability of local, healthy food to sign on supporting Sen. Tester’s efforts. For more information about getting your group on board, please contact Sara Kendall at 202-547-7040 or sara@worc.org, or Judith McGeary at 512-243-9404 or Judith@FarmAndRanchFreedom.org.

I am a grower, distributor and retailer of local, healthy food year-round through our store, the Black Mountain Farmers Market. I will happily assist anyone interested in learning more about S 510. Please write me at healthyfoodcoalition@gmail.com.