That NY Times article talked more about imported food than US production. We already have the USDA, which is supposed to be safeguarding our production. I am a Blueberry grower and have already been thinking about getting out of it because of all the paper work and regulations. I've got about 20 acres in production, a small grower, but many farmers are as small as half an acre. It presently costs a minimum of $700 to get your operation inspected anually under the GAP program, which is killing the little guys, me, especially when you add the costs of meeting the requirements, which include two water tests for each irrigation well used each year and if you use another source, it's more frequent. My wife has a flock of free range chickens and sells the eggs and birds. There is no way that that type of operation could survive under any legislation. Govtrack insider.com and Mainstreet insider.org both have articles slanted more towards the impact on the US farmer. I think if the USDA isn't doing it's job, Congress should fix that and not pass more legislation and make more hoops to jump through! Hope you are right about it not passing. I am all for safe food, but this is scary.