[AT] Department of Labor and Teens on Farms/Ranches

[charlie hill]

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http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/news/news-foodsafety.htm

Charlie


-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 5:46 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Department of Labor and Teens on Farms/Ranches

There is also a new food safety law that was passed last week that might
have implications for small livestock and produce farmers as well as folks
with home gardens or who can and preserve foods.
I hate to think what they might say about an old time hog killin'.    I can
understand the USDA looking out for food safety from small operations but I
can't for the life of me figure out why the dept of Homeland Security has
their nose in it.    Supposedly the regs don't apply to small farms but we
all know what happens when regulators get into the business of interpreting
the law.   As I understand it Congress has never passed a law pertaining to
wetlands.  All of the wetlands regulations we have these days come straight
from bureaucrats that interpret laws and write regulations.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:58 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Department of Labor and Teens on Farms/Ranches

There is some wording in the proposal that could be interpreted to apply to
family operations too.

A big concern is this would hurt agriculture and trade & industrial
education programs in high schools, especially agriculture students
conducting supervised agricultural experience programs outside regular class
time.

The intent may be good but the proposal was written by people who don't know
beans about production agriculture.

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Wagner <supera1948 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 11, 2012 4:10 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Department of Labor and Teens on Farms/Ranches
>
>You're right, Mike, I don't think it does apply to family-farms.  I
>understand the reasoning for protecting children, and I can name a few
>folks who need a good lecture on safe farming practices.  I just really
>don't see why a 15 year old today can't run run a tractor with all the
>modern safety devices raking hay when many of the folks on this list grew
>up younger than that helping around a steel wheeled tractor belted to a
>thresher.
>
>Ben Wagner
>
>
>On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>wrote:
>
>> Read the actual document before you get too excited about this - it
>> isn't quite what some of those complaining about it make it out to be.
>> For one thing, much of it doesn't apply to family members of
>> family-owned farms.
>>
>> <http://www.dol.gov/whd/childlabor.htm>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 1/11/2012 2:08 PM, Ben Wagner wrote:
>> > Could you send us all the link to the Solis letter that for some reason
>> > disappeared from the Alert?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ben Wagner
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Dave Rotigel<rotigel at me.com>  wrote:
>> >
>> >> AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
>> >>
>> >> January 10, 2012
>> >>
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