[CitizensTruth] FW: Broad Branch Farm - Chemical Drift Hearing On Sept. 30

[Robin Migalla]

Hi Folks,

Perhaps we are seeing a turning of the tides.

PLEASE get a letter off to Senator Frerichs (see the attached message for 
details).

Secondly, this site looks very promising to me:

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/knowyourfarmer?navid=KNOWYOURFARMER

Cheers,
Robin
www.healthforlifecoloncare.com
www.traditionalnutrition.org
www.ppnf.org
"Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."
                                     --Hippocrates  (460-377 B.C.)
            Just be careful how you define food ;-)

"The purpose of medicine is to amuse the patient until nature effects a 
cure."
                                      -- Voltaire (1694-1778)

"Doctors pour medicines of which they know little to cure diseases of which
     they no less into humans of which they know nothing."
                                      -- Voltaire (1694-1778)

-----Original Message-----
From:	sigi [SMTP:sigiusa at yahoo.com]
Sent:	Sunday, September 27, 2009 08:35
To:	Robin Migalla
Subject:	Broad Branch Farm - Chemical Drift Hearing On Sept. 30

robin see below on spraying


 Sigi



Why not go out on a limb... that's where the fruit is...Mark Twain



--- On Sat, 9/26/09, Sandra Kaptain <sakaptain at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Sandra Kaptain <sakaptain at gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: FW: Broad Branch Farm - Chemical Drift Hearing On Sept. 30
To: "Sigi Psimenos" <sigiusa at yahoo.com>, "Jeff" <jeff at itndeli.com>
Cc: "Jeanne Phelan" <jeannephelan at hotmail.com>
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 8:59 PM


Sigi, Jeanne Phelan said you might like to see this info. How about Robin? 
THanks, Sandy


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jeanne Phelan <jeannephelan at hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Subject: FW: Broad Branch Farm - Chemical Drift Hearing On Sept. 30
To: Sandy Kaptain <sakaptain at gmail.com>



Here's something that Sigi and those working on the food thing will want to 
know about.

Jeanne


Subject: Fwd: Broad Branch Farm - Chemical Drift Hearing On Sept. 30
From: dmoorman4 at comcast.net
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:13:47 -0500
To: bonnieoulman at comcast.net; joannejwilkins at yahoo.com; 
j_pirovano at yahoo.com; wholisticmama at gmail.com; doulman at comcast.net; 
lizz612 at gmail.com; emily.schleiger at gmail.com; stephencarrow at sbcglobal.net; 
lpaisley at sbcglobal.net; debradean at mac.com; JFgehrig at comcast.net; 
demp9477 at aol.com; jeannephelan at hotmail.com

Broad Branch Farm sold organic food at the Naperville farmers market for a 
number of years but has morphed into a CSA with pickup in Naperville.


Dave



Begin forwarded message:


From: Broad Branch Farm - Anita & Brian Poeppel <brian at njoycom.net>

Date: September 25, 2009 3:50:17 PM CDT

To: dmoorman4 at comcast.net

Subject: Broad Branch Farm - Chemical Drift Hearing On Sept. 30

Reply-To: brian at njoycom.net


















Broad Branch Farm, Ltd.
RR #1 Box 44
Wyoming, IL 61491
Home: 309-695-2051
Cell: 309-231-9290
Email: soapsuds at a5.com
www.broadbranchfarm.com



Hello Folks,
Over the last few years, there has been a tremendous increase in the amount 
of aerial spraying or crop dusting in Illinois.  Planes are applying 
insecticides and fungicides to both corn and soybean crops.  Brian and I, 
our children and our helpers spend a huge amount of time in our organic 
garden from early spring - late fall.  We have witnessed a number of 
incidents where crop dusting is being done in high wind speeds and in 
weather conditions conducive to drift through actual droplets or vapor.  We 
have smelled chemical in the air and have no idea what it is, where it came 
from or who sprayed it.

The aerial applicators and supporters of chemical farming claim their 
industry is safe simply because they receive so few complaints each year. 
 When people don't know who to call, who did the spraying, etc., it is very 
hard to make complaints.

The subject of chemical drift is one that affects ALL of us whether we live 
and work in an urban or rural environment.  It affects growers whether they 
are certified organic, certified naturally grown, or just trying to grow 
food and raise livestock without chemical.  We have talked with people 
whose vehicles have been sprayed while driving down the road because the 
pilot did not shut off the spray in time.  One of our workers, while 
driving home from the farm, was suddenly overwhelmed with chemical vapor in 
his car.  He had no idea where the crop duster was, what was sprayed.  He 
was simply driving down the road with his windows open. By the time he 
arrived home, he was dizzy and eyes watering.  Two children were sprayed 
with a plane last year in Knox County and the pilot received no more than 
warning letter.

There have been many phone calls, letters and emails to our politicians, 
newspapers, Department of Agriculture - anyone who will listen - trying to 
get some help with this growing problem.  And finally our voices are being 
heard.

This Wednesday, September 30, the Illinois Senate Ag Committee is holding a 
hearing to take comments from the public on the subject of aerial 
spraying..  This hearing will be the first step in getting some type of new 
regulation or enforcement of current regulations.  This hearing will be 
help at 10 a.m. in Room 409 of the State Capitol building.

But the members of the committee must hear from many people so they know 
this is a real problem and that support for local and organic food is 
STRONG in Illinois.  Based on the response from this initial hearing, the 
matter will either move to the next level or fall to the wayside because we 
failed to prove a real problem exists.

If you are a grower and are concerned about this issue affecting your 
livestock or crops, please either attend the public hearing OR send written 
comments to the email below:

If you are a consumer and supporter of local organic food and want to see 
support for a local organic food system where growers have some protection 
and recourse for chemical drift, please show your support by attending the 
public hearing OR sending your written comments to the email below:

Email your written concerns by 5 p.m. Monday Sept 28 to:
State Sen. Michael Frerichs (D-Champaign), Chairman of the Illinois Senate 
Agriculture and Conservation Committee
Mike at mikefrerichs.com

Please take a minute, fire off an email to Senator Frerichs, and tell him 
your concerns about the aerial spraying.  It doesn't have to be long or 
detailed - just get an email to him so your voice is heard.

And forward this email to anyone you know who may be concerned about this 
issue.  Print it and take it to the farmer's market tomorrow morning and 
hand it out to your favorite growers.  We need lots of voices in 
Springfield!

Thank you very much for your help.

Anita & Brian Poeppel
Broad Branch Farm
























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