USDA allows these beef products to contain up to 15 percent lean finely textured beef without labeling requirements, but last year the department said it would allow voluntary labeling.
Well of course companies won't label the products even if they use more then 15 percent of lean in the beef.
Consumers increasingly are seeking out the flavors of fresh, vine-ripened foods grown on local farms rather than those trucked to supermarkets from faraway lands.
American consumers interest in locally grown food is growing.
75% of their organic certification costs reimbursed, and some of them can obtain crop insurance.
More funding is being poured in to small time farming for speciality crops. Speciality crop are grown during locavore movements.
$2.3 billion was set aside this year for specialty crops, such as the eggplants, strawberries, or salad greens that are grown by exactly these small, mostly organic farmers. That’s a big bump-up from the $100 million that was earmarked for such things in the previous legislation.
Funding for speciality crops grown by small time farmers has increased very much from 100 million to 2.3 billion dollars which is due to the widespread idea of locavore movements.
Bush has threatened to veto the bill, but it passed with enough votes to sustain an override.
Benefits of locavore movements is catching the Governments attention.
the number of small farms has increased 20% in the past six years, to 1.2 million, according to the Agriculture Dept. . . .
Farming is starting to become more of an profession.