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Next TFWA meeting for TFWA members is November 8th at Del Monico Winery at 10am cst. Please if you belong to the TFWA please attend this meeting. Thanks Katie

Needed Wine barrells, any size, new or used.. These are for wood carving for fund raising and charities. call 423-312-6755.. Thanks katie Martin

I want to Thank all of you who attended the Family Fun Day at our Vineyard. We had a great time hosting you. You all are a fun Bunch and we love all the TVOS members. For those of you who could not attend maybe we will see you at the Fall Fun day. Great wine, great times. If I can do anything for you or a grower on the TFWA front please let me know. Just to let you know I am pushing for things for the Vineyards and the law I pushed for regarding special occasion permits did pass and is now Law. If you have any questions please contact me at anytime. Thanks Katie martin, Nolichucky Vineyard

Katie Martin asked me to include her actual address for the Summer Fun Day on Saturday, June 11.
The house address is 6600 Fish Hatchdery Road, Russellville. Her phone number is in her previous message if anyone has questions.

Hi. I am trying to get a head count for the TVOS Family Fun Day for the BBQ order.Please RSVP to me at 423-312-6755 or email at [email protected] I can get hotel rooms for those who need them, just call Sabrina at Hampton Inn in Morristown 423-587-9702. Thanks a bunch, Katie Martin

TOMORROW jan 5th is the last day to register for TVOS Convention at a $25 savings. After tomorrow the regristration goes up to $75. Go to www.tnthe.com and register today/tonight & tomorrow.

Here's a post by Tim in the message section on Senate bill 510.
"Here is a bit of info on S-510. I'm not a lawyer but I would guess that this bill will affect where wineries can purchase their fruit.
(NaturalNews) Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called "the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America." It would grant the U.S. government new authority over the public's right to grow, trade and transport any foods. This would give Big brother the power to regulate the tomato plants in your backyard. It would grant them the power to arrest and imprison people selling cucumbers at farmer's markets. It would criminalize the transporting of organic produce if you don't comply with the authoritarian rules of the federal government.
"It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one's choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God." - Dr. Shiv Chopra, Canada Health whistleblower (http://shivchopra.com/?page_id=2)
This tyrannical law puts all food production (yes, even food produced in your own garden) under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security. Yep -- the very same people running the TSA and its naked body scanner / passenger groping programs.
This law would also give the U.S. government the power to arrest any backyard food producer as a felon (a "smuggler" for merely growing lettuce and selling it at a local farmer's market.
It also sells out U.S. sovereignty over our own food supply by ceding to the authority of both the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Codex Alimentarius.
It would criminalize seed saving (http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/20...), turning backyard gardeners who save heirloom seeds into common criminals. This is obviously designed to give corporations like Monsanto a monopoly over seeds.
It would create an unreasonable paperwork burden that would put small food producers out of business, resulting in more power over the food supply shifting to large multinational corporations.
I encourage you to read more about this dangerous bill at the Food Freedom blog on Wordpress: http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/20...
Watch this excellent video on NaturalNews.TV which explains S.510 in more detail:
http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=9209B...
Take action now or lose your right to grow your own food
Sign this petition at Citizens for Health:
http://www.citizens.org/?page_id=2312
Do it today! This is really important.
In addition, the Cornucopia Institute recently sent out an urgent call-to-action email containing the following information: (http://www.cornucopia.org/2010/11/a...)
How to protest Senate Bill 510
1) Go to Congress.org and type in your zip code in the box in the upper right hand corner.
2) Click on your Senator's name, and then on the contact tab for their phone number. You can also call the Capitol Switchboard and ask to be directly connected to your Senator's office: 202-224-3121.
3) Once connected ask to speak to the legislative staff person responsible for agriculture. If they are unavailable leave a voice mail message. Be sure to include your name and phone number.
Give them this message in support of the "Tester Amendment" which would exempt small farms from S.510:
"I am a constituent of Senator___________. I ask that he/she support the Tester Amendment to the food safety bill. The Tester Amendment will exempt the safest, small, owner-operator farms and food facilities and farmers who direct market their products to consumers, stores or restaurants. Food safety legislation should not create inappropriate and costly regulatory barriers to family farms and the growing healthy food movement in the drive to crack down on corporate bad actors. Please support the Tester Amendment and market opportunities for small and mid-sized family farms, and <