Comment 32679

By grassroots are the way forward (registered) | Posted August 07, 2009 at 16:07:17

A Smith writes: What is the rationale for banning farmers from selling their land to developers?

Maybe the rational or focus should be on promoting and making our local farmers profitable. If you had gone to the Food Stakeholder's Committees launch on April 30, in which local farmers are a part of this process, you would of found out the many of our rural city members are struggling, they live in poverty, just trying to farm and provide both organic and non organic food. Some of these farmers really enjoy this life and want to be able to continue. It is unfortunate that the big agriculture corporations are trying to put them out of business.

Our fellow rural members of our community need to be supported and promoted. Why should they have to live in poverty? And since food security is an issue for many of the low income citizens, it seems that both urban and rural low income people need to start working and joining together. People like yuo, are not helping them, when you are the talking voice the big corporate interests, who do not realy care about how people struggle.

Those from the grassroots can affect change

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