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White House records show that Riley’s duties included serving as a press contact for then-first lady Hillary Clinton.

Prior to joining ABC News, Riley worked as a senior director of brand communications for Rodale, Inc.

The company and its charitable foundation have donated $20,000 to $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation, records show. The Rodale family contributed at least $5,000 to Hillary Clinton’s campaigns from 2005 to 2008.

2. There are many farm programs. Some are good and some are bad, and many are very bad. Most real farmers wish the majority would just go away.

3. If farming is such a gravy train, go buy a farm and let the government make you rich.

4. My dad died two years ago today. He shed blood, sweat, and tears all of his life just so his family (and you) could eat. Today is NOT the day to insult a group of people you do not understand or appreciate!!!

5. Hackbow, I am leaving your post on the thread just so all can appreciate your ignorance and bitterness. Do you choose who can sit in your living room?

Nothing good comes from the evil intent of these people.

So nice of you not to censor his opinion and also use your father's memory as a debating tool on a thread you started about the subject.

Sad stuff right there.

- One of many benefits the organic food movement has is the de-centralization of food sourcing. It is in its nature anti-government. Think it through HA.

- Further, the organic food movement (by localizing) will benefit the small farmer immensely. I don't know one organic grower who even likes the government, much less wants to empower it.

However, the "organic" movement still comes from a leftist agenda. The "organic" farmers rely on a customer base that has more income than sense. So does our overreaching government.

The same could be said for people who donate to the humane society. They love animals and think they are helping animals without realizing that they are supporting an organization with a radical leftist agenda.

Many people want to preserve the environment, but donate to organizations with an extremely leftist agenda without realizing it.

It goes on and on. Good-hearted people unwittingly supporting the leftist agenda.

Grass-fed beef contains less fat than marbled grain-fed meat and tastes different from what many people are used to.

It’s also more expensive: Oeding has his ground beef marked at $7 a pound, and a KC strip is $16 a pound.

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But, he added, many activists use their concern for animal welfare as a screen when they are actually against meat altogether.

From the link:

Q: Lots of consumers buy food with the organic label because they think the food is healthier and safer than conventional. Are they correct?

A: Again, I am not going to be able to respond to that. It's just not . . . we are a regulatory program that regulates the organic label, to ensure that anything that has that label meets the requirements.

It could be argued that providing conditions that lead to a stable food supply could come under "promote the general welfare." Like so many other "good intentioned" efforts, the original ag program has grown into a socialist monster (maybe the original intent - which is the real subject of my original posting).

It takes time and resources to produce food. Historically, when supply was high and prices were low, farmers cut way back on production. Many also went broke and moved to town to get a job. Then prices would jump way up and farmers would "plant fence row to fence row." However, it took time to produce the next crop. There is only one harvest time for each crop per year in traditional agriculture and if there is no planting there is no harvest.

When prices were low, farmers could not afford to plant exacerbating the severity of the coming food shortage. Add to this the uncertainties of weather, disease, etc.

The federal government continues to make it more difficult to produce food in America. Historically, famines have three sources: weather, war, and government policies.