Lawrence County Chapter 
Ozarks Property Rights Congress
will meet Tues. December 7th at 6:00 p.m.
at the Down The Lane Cafe, 
17376 Law 1135, Mt. Vernon, Missouri
Phone 229-2117

Hello Friends,
There are a lot of  issues to talk about, including but not limited to, cities limiting the right of producing food on private land, States as well as the feds. doing the same and far worse, and as always the Lawrence County land use plan. Please!!!!! tell your neighbors and bring them now, before the water is at a full boil, while the frog can still jump.

I will speak plainly, Freedom and Liberty are being stolen from us and our children at an astonishing pace now. Shall we be known as the generation that accepted it without a whimper?

May The Lord forbid that!

Eric V.Vimont, Co-ordinator

Ozarks Property Rights Congress Meeting

December 2 -7:00 p.m.-Hayloft Restaurant– Mountain Grove, Missouri

Come early if you care to eat as no food is allowed in the meeting room.

Meeting Topics

A report on the National Heritage Area meeting held in Cabool onNov. 23rd. OPRC gave notice to the committee from West Plains, that we will actively and vigorously oppose this 13 County Federal land zoning proposal.

The latest on the Missouri Milk Board’s tyranny against Morningland Dairy. The Milk Board, with the help of Missouri’s Attorney General, has taken a dictatorial stance in this case. They have charged Joe and Denise Dixon with three counts of violating state law. Evidently it is even a violation of state law to file an objection to the dictates of the Milk Board. See more at the website below.
(http://hartkeisonline.com/2010/10/11/family-farm-ordered-to-destroy-50000-pounds-of-cheese/ )
 

The Senate vote on S. 510, the so-called “Food Safety Bill” has been postponed until Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Fax and call your senators and tell them to oppose S. 510. (Make no mistake, American farmers and all local food producers are under attack. If this bill passes, farmers throughout America, large and small, will be out of business in less than 24 months. Small local food producers will not be far behind. They will not be able to overcome the enormous cost of the bureaucratic nightmare created by S. 510. Fred Kelly Grant, Waronruralamerica.com)

It is past time to get involved in protecting our freedoms!

If you live anywhere near Mountain Grove, Missouri, please come to the meeting.

Cloture Vote on S 510 Monday, November 29

Please Call the Senators Below

On Monday, November 29, a cloture vote on Senate Bill 510 will determine if the bill then goes immediately to the Senate floor for a final vote.  Cloture requires 60 votes.  If there are fewer than 60, the bill will not go forward.  Let’s make sure the cloture vote fails.
PLEASE CALL ALL THE SENATORS IN THE LIST LINKED BELOW AND ASK THEM TO OPPOSE CLOTURE AND OPPOSE S 510.

The votes of these “targeted” Senators could make all the difference.  Even if they are not your Senators, please call them at their District Offices and, using the Talking Points below, ask them to oppose cloture and oppose S 510.
 
Why Senators Should Oppose S 510
 
S 510 threatens the existence of small, independent farms and will limit the food choices of consumers. As written – even with the proposed amendments – the bill is fundamentally flawed. S 510 will not improve food safety. Instead it will bury farmers in regulations and paperwork and consolidate agricultural production into fewer, larger industrial facilities.
 
 The FDA has authority to inspect processing plants and imports, yet it inspects less than 1% of imports and less than 25% of the processing facilities it is authorized to. FDA claims it does not have the resources to carry out these inspections, yet it has the time and personnel to harass Amish farmers, raid food clubs, and pull over individuals who are transporting privately purchased fresh milk and make them dump it on the roadside.
 
 S 510 would increase the cost of U.S. grown and produced food and extend the authority of international trade agreements onto small farms.  Inspections and audits of farming and harvesting processes will cost farmers in upfront expenses just to exist.  Even if they are not participating in direct or local sales, they will have to assume the audit and inspection costs as well as develop HACCP type plans. Larger corporations will not need to buy from domestic growers – they can import from countries with lower infrastructure costs to offset the expenses S 510 regulations will force on U.S. producers.
 
 There are many reasons to oppose S510, but the fact that the FDA has stated in court that you have no right to consume any particular food, no right to bodily or physical health, and no right to contract is sufficient reason to not give it any more authority over your food than it already has.

 Please call your Senators and the other Senators listed below and tell them you are smart enough to decide what you want to eat:
 
Talking Points
• S 510 will eliminate the only productive sector of our economy – small farms and local food. The Tester amendment still puts additional paperwork, record keeping and scrutiny onto direct marketers.
• The FDA fails to do the job it is charged with doing. Tell FDA to inspect the imports and the plants it has the authority to inspect and stay out of farming.
• The rules and regulations the FDA will promulgate under S510 will harm our ability to get food that we want to eat. Tell FDA instead to require truthful labeling and disclose genetically modified products on labels. This would create a safer food supply and not harm the small family farmer.
• S 510 will create even larger governmental bureaucracy, and the estimated costs don’t include costs to individuals who actually produce food.
• S 510 opens the door to violations of due process including illegal search and seizure and suspension of judicial review.  
 

ACTION: 

  Please call the Senators in this list – at their District offices – as well as you own two Senators, and tell them to oppose cloture and oppose S 510.
Lamar Alexander – cosponsor R-TN – 202-224-4944  (423) 752-5337 (731) 423-9344 (865) 545-4253 (901) 544-4224
Judd Gregg – co sponsor R-NH- 202-224-3324 (603) 225-7115 (603) 622-7979 (603) 431-2171 (603) 752-2604
Mike Johanns – didn’t vote R-NE- 202-224-4224 (308) 236-7602 (402) 476-1400 (308) 632-6032 (402) 758-8981
Lisa Murkowski R-AK – 202-224-6665 907-456-0233 907-271-3735 907-376-7665 907-225-6880
David Vitter -cosponsor R-LA- 202-224-4623 (318) 448-0169 (318) 325-8120 (318) 861-0437 (504) 589-2753
George V. Voinovich R-OH- 202-224-3353 (216) 522-7095 (740) 441-6410 (513) 684-3265 (216) 522-7095
Scott Brown – not reliable R-MA- 202-224-4543 (617) 565-3170  
Susan Collins R-ME- 202-224-2523 (207) 622-8414 (207) 945-0417 (207) 283-1101 (207) 493-7873
Olympia J. Snowe – up for reelection in 2012 R-ME- 202-224-5344 (207) 622-8292 (207) 945-0432 (207) 282-4144 (207) 874-0883    
Jim Webb – up in 2012 D-VA- 202-224-4024 434-792-0976 757-518-1674 703-573-7090 804-771-2221
Jon Tester – up in 2012 D-MT- 202-224-2644 (406) 252-0550 (406) 586-4450 (406) 452-9585 (406) 723-3277
Ben Nelson D-NE- h202-224-6551 (402) 391-3411 (402) 441-4600 (308) 631-7614 (308) 293-5818
Herb Kohl D-WI- 202-224-5653 (715) 832-8424 (920) 738-1640 (414) 297-4451 (608) 264-5338
Bill Nelson cosponsor, switched from yea to nay, up for reelection 2012 D-FL 202-224-5274 407-872-7161 305-536-5999 813-225-7040 561-514-0189
Kent Conrad D-ND -  202-224-2043 (701) 852-0703 (701) 258-4648 (701) 775-9601 (701) 746-1990
Tom Carper D-DE- 202-224-2441 (302) 573-6291 (302) 674-3308 (302) 856-7690
Claire McCaskill D-MO – 202-224-6154 314-367-1364 816-421-1639 417-868-8745 573-442-7130
Robert P. Casey, Jr. – cosponsor D-PA 202-224-6324 (215) 405-9660 (412) 803-7370 (866) 461-9159 (814) 357-0314
Sherrod Brown D-OH -202-224-2315 (216) 522-7272 (513) 684-1021 (614) 469-2083 (440) 242-4100

Please join:  National Independent Consumer and Farmers Association (NICFA), Campaign for Liberty (John Tate – President), Kristin Canty – Director of “Farmegeddon” the movie, David Gumpert – author of “The Raw Milk Revolution,” www.TheComplete Patient.com, and the www.Ozarks Property Rights Congress.com in

OPPOSING cloture and OPPOSING S 510.

Ozarks Property Rights Congress Meeting
November 11 -7:00 p.m.—Gainesville, Missouri 
Vaught’s Family Restaurant
On meeting nights, food is served from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Meeting Topics will include
 13 County National Heritage Area Proposal (see above link Local Counties . . . )

Thirteen  south central Missouri counties are being considered for inclusion in a proposed National Heritage Area designation by Ozark Action in West Plains. The counties are Texas, Wright, Douglas, Carter, Dent, Howell, Iron, Oregon, Ozark, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, and Wayne. Ozark Action has initiated a government funded feasibility study.
        
Supporters say NHA is a way to preserve cultural heritage. Property rights groups see NHA designation as Federal land use zoning, a way to put restrictions on private land use.
     
The Ozarks Heritage Project is a collaborative effort between the West Plains Council on the Arts, Ozarks Action  and Missouri State University-West Plains. The organizers are funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds received from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services provided by the MO Dept. of Social Services, Family Support Division. There is also funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. MSU-West Plains is providing personnel to fill key positions.

Mountain View, Missouri’s Morningland Dairy’s trouble
with the Missouri Milk Board, USDA, and FDA

Go to http://uncheeseparty.wordpress.com/ and read the articles that explain the situation.  Doreen Hannes is very active in getting the word out on this serious rights issue.

We will also have comments on the Missouri Conservation Commission meeting in Kirksville, Missouri  and their vote to stock Elk in the state.

There will be no November meeting in Mountain Grove.