.nner consumer advocate says
aimers have to get fair price
fGTON, D.C. - Carol Tucker Foreman wants to
prices remain the same, with a larger share of
lollar going to the farmer. The new assistant
»f agriculture for food and consumer services at
, wants everyone to know that the farmer is
„iave to' be given a fair price.
Mrs. Foreman, former executive director of the Con
sumer Federation of America, made the comments
during a meeting with the Newspaper Farm Editors of
America, gathering in the nation’s capital last week for
their 25th anniversary conference.
In office since March 25, Mrs. Foreman directs USDA’s
Food and Nutrition Service, which includes all of the
Department’s food assistance programs such as food
stamps and school lunches. She is also in charge of the
Food Safety and Quality Service, which has reponsibility
for meat'and poultry inspection and for standardization
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and grading of meat, egg products, poultry, dairy, fruits,
and vegetables.
Very adamant about her belief that farmers will have to
be given a fair price at the marketplace, Mrs. Foreman
exclaimed that her attitudes have not changed since
entering the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an
assistant secretary. In addition to heading the Consumer
Federation of America, she was also executive director of
the Paul Douglas Consumer Research Center.
“Lots of studies have shown that the consumer does not
blame the farmer for higher food prices,” she em
phasized, ’’but food prices are too high.” She wants to see
food prices stay the same with a larger share of the dollar
going to the farmer.
On the subject of the federal grading system for beef,
Mr®. Foreman said she was not really pleased with the
changes which were implemented last year. But she of
fered that she doesn’t want to further disrupt the market
by making immediate changes. She acknowledged heavy
comment from the industry regarding yield grades,
concluding that “evidently the industry doesn’t like it.’’
The situation will be looked into, she assured.
One of Mrs Foreman’s current concerns revolves
around the use of sodium nitrites, and how it affects the
poultry industry with such products as chicken hot dogs,
etc. With poultry processing being a major business in
Lancaster County, it could prove to be a topic of con
siderable impact on the local level. Sodium nitrite is used
by the industry to give the meat a red, lean appearance.
The use of the chemical has reportedly been kicked
around by both USDA and the Federal Drug Ad
ministration for three years. Mrs. Foreman would like to
determine under whose jurisdiction sodium nitrite use
falls, since neither FDA or USDA are certain at this point.
Nominated on March 7 by President Carter to be
assistant secretary at USDA, Mrs. Foreman was con
firmed by the Senate on March 24 and sworn into office the
following day.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -
Maryland Secretary of
Agriculture Young D. Hance
has announced that his
department is again offering
an opportunity for grain
producers, handlers, and
buyers to have their grain
moisture meter calibrated.
Grain dealers, as well as
farmers, are urged to bring
all meters to one of the six
locations listed below.
“Early arrival,” he said,
“will insure adequate time
for testing the meters,” and
added that, “charts used to
determine moisture and the
operator’s manual or in
structions should ac
company the meters.”
All of the locations listed
are Extension Service of
fices in the respective towns.
Tuesday, May 10, (8:30 a.m.-
3 p.m.)-Salisbury (Comer of
Parsons & Quantico Roads).
Wednesday, May 11, (8:30 -3
p.m.).-Easton (Post Office
Annex, Dover Street),
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the French medium straw as Wisconsin headquarters for
a supplement to their glass shipment to customers in
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who preferred to use straws.
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Hundreds of thousands of nearly 20,000 cows, were
straws have been produced conducted.
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tested
Thursday, May 12, (8:30
a.m.-3 p,m.)-Centreville
(County Building). Tuesday,
May 24, (9:00 a.m.-12:30
p.m.)-White Plains (four
miles South of Waldorf on
U.S. Rt. 301). Wednesday,
May 25, (8:30 ajn.-3 p.m.-
Westminster (County Office
Bldg. Annex, 55 N. Court
St.). Thursday, May 26, (8:30
a.m.-3 p.m.)-Frederick (520
N. Market Street).
Hance observed that “the
measurement of moisture in
grain has always been and
will continue to be a most
important factor to the seller
and purchaser. To the
producer, it will reflect in the
price he receives: to the
buyer, it will determine his
cost to prepare it for storage
so quality may be main
tained. With this in mind,
every owner of a moisture
meter should have their
meter tested to insure op
timum return from this
phase of marketing.”