OCF Candidate Survey 2006
Candidate: Nancy Oden
Party: Independence
District: 29
Running For: State Senator
State: Maine
1
QDo you think organic agriculture should receive a fair share (at least 2.5%) of government resources spent on agriculture?
A Yes
Comment: I am an organic grower, so would support any help we can get.
2
QDo you support strict standards for processed foods, dairy, and body care products that are labeled or marketed as organic?
A Yes
Comment: Organic means organic, no synthetic products or g-e should be allowed. I am opposed to all the g-e soy lecithin in so-called "organic" foods.
3
QDo you support more aggressive government action to assess the harms of pesticides, take harmful pesticides off the market, and hold companies responsible for diseases and environmental damage caused by pesticides?
A Yes
Comment: Yes, pesticides should be phased out and replaced with natural methods which we know do work. Research should be only in more natural methods to keep unwanted species at bay.
4
QShould people have the right to pass consumer safety laws at the state or local level that require food labels to include information on dangerous ingredients?
A Yes
Comment:
5a
QDo you support Country of Origin and labeling that helps consumers choose local products?
A Yes
Comment: Yes, of course, and we should subsidize our young people to start up diver organic farms and year-round greenhouses so we can be food self-sufficient.
5b
QDo you support government action to help US farmers develop local and regional markets and to reduce non-renewable energy use on their farms?
A Yes
Comment:
6a
QDo you support mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients?
A Yes
Comment: Not only labeling, but banning g-e foods should be done soon as possible. I don't likt to think what harm is being perpetrated on our children by these dangerous non-food genes.
6b
QDo you support mandatory pre-market safety testing for all genetically modified foods and crops?
A Yes
Comment: Yes, but there should be no g-e foods allowed at all.
7
QDo you support universal testing for Mad Cow disease and a ban on feeding slaughterhouse waste to farm animals?
A Yes
Comment: And a ban on growth hormones and antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals in food animals.
8
QDo you support a restructuring of trade-distorting US farm subsidies?
A Yes
Comment: Do away with farm subsidies for all but organically grown food.
9
QDo you support a significant shift in US farm subsidies to help family farmers and ranchers make the transition to organic?
A Yes
Comment: I've been advocating this for years. Since clean water is crucial to life, we should subsidize the chemical-dependent growers to switch to organic.
10
QDo you support a significant shift in subsidies to help US farmers adopt conservation and renewable energy practices on farms?
A Yes
Comment:
11
QDo you support increases for WIC (Women, Infant and Children), the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and other programs to help low-income Americans buy organic food?
A Yes
Comment:
12
QDo you support universal health care with a preventive focus and a major emphasis on better nutrition?
A Yes
Comment:
13
QDo you support 80%-by-2050 reduction in climate destabilizing greenhouse gas pollution?
A Yes
Comment: I support not only that, but a reduction in general, since so much electricity is wasted on advertising signs and keeping lights and air conditioning on all night in cities and wealthier communities. Conservation first, then other measures such as clean energy sources - solar, wind, tidal, small hydro, but NOT biofuels.
14
QDo you support ending the Iraq war and redirecting funds from the $500 billion annual military spending in the U.S. toward greening the U.S. economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and converting U.S. agriculture to organic practices?
A Yes
Comment:
15
Q Do you support requiring electronic voting machines to produce voter-verified paper records and election officials to use these records to conduct mandatory audits of election results?
A Yes
Comment: Not only that, but I believe we should return to completely paper ballots. We do that here and it takes no longer than voting by machine. See no need for voting machines, so vulnerable to tampering.
16
QDo you support eliminating the distorting effect of special interest money on our elections and politicians by requiring full public funding for all federal, state, and local elections?
A Yes
Comment:
17
QDo you support legislation to prevent internet companies from rigging the system to serve only the highest-paying users and discriminate against users they don’t like?
A Yes
Comment:
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