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Green Party vetoes food safety bill

A US bill undermines small farms, even gardening

the Green Party of the US has urged the government to amend the food safety bill to protect small-scale farms and organic farming.

The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 was introduced in the US House of Agriculture in February. It is pending with the House Committee on Agriculture. Following a recent wave of contaminated food recalls, the bill aims