An important issue has just come to my attention regarding changes afoot in Europe with regards to bio-dynamic medicine and foods. The EU Parliament and bureaucracy has decided that things like Weleda and Wala medicines and Bio-dynamic babyfoods are too small a market for special laws of protection to be made for them, and instead are demanding they fit into laws to protect the population from poor quality products made from totally different synthetic products. For example, a perfectly good Biodynamic babyfood company has been put out of business by being forced to put synthetic vitamins into its packs, when the food already had more natural vitamins than the EU standards. Hence the people who want good quality babyfood stopped buying it.
I have also heard of many small ’slow food’ artisan manufacturers of things such as cheese in Europe are under threat due to the homogenisation of foods in the massive European market.
This is a direct and immediate threat to freedom of choice and alternative products and ideas throughout Europe and after that the rest of the world. This will affect all Biodynamic and organic agriculture, traditional artisan foods, and extend to holistic anthroposophic medicines, Waldorf/Steiner education and other initiatives coming from the ideas of Rudolf Steiner.
Perhaps even more importantly this threatens the capacity of people to have choices of top quality foods, medicine and education. If 1 million signatures can be gathered showing support for these products and methods (and the free choice associated with them!) then the EU Parliament will pass a law to protect their special character. I believe this is a MOMENTOUS issue we MUST get through or else many other things will go as well in due course.Please click on this link below, and fill out your details, send and then remember to confirm your signing of the petition by clicking the confirmation in the email that is sent to you. Please click here now:
http://www.eliant.nl/?action=behaviour&actionid=215&lang=uk Thanks for your supportKarenwww.karenmcelroy.com.au
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