Assignment Example on Policy Formation for Cottage Foods

What are cottage foods?

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Cottage foods are meals that are prepared at home and sold to people outside the family. The cottage foods consist of baked foodstuff, candy, chocolate covered foods, and dried fruits.

Summarize the arguments of the two competing perspectives of the cottage food industry.

The emergence of the cottage industry has been viewed as both an opportunity and a risk by different people. The sales of cottage foods are meant to be at the state level and not intended to move between states. The competing perspectives have made different states handle the food cottage industry differently (Hueston et al., 2015). While some states ban the sales of the home foods entirely, other states have allowed the production of low-risk products to be sold on farmers markets and at the community level.

If you had to choose a side, what side would you choose? Provide a rationale to support your viewpoint.

If I had to choose a side, I would choose the sales of the cottage foods but encourage the states to enact laws to regulate the production and distribution of the cottage foods. The laws would ensure that the basic safety standards are met by the citizens who register to provide the cottage industry services.

Explain the inspiration for the initial idea to make a change in state law.

The inspiration for the ideas can be generated from state agencies, individual interests, and suggestions from voters. An idea can be introduced as a bill and get a discussion by the relevant committees. If the idea gets sufficient support, it is moved to the house and the Senate, it is made a law.

Summarize the strategies for catalyzing changes in laws and/or regulations. In your response be certain to address: a) networks & personal relationships; b) scientific summaries for policymakers; and c) advocacy tactics. Provide an explanation of what YOU think would be the MOST effective and LEAST effective strategies.

Some of the strategies in catalyzing the laws include looking forward. The legislator needs to look at all the possibilities but still maintain the objective of the legislation. Another strategy would be to provide supporting information on the policy (Hueston et al., 2015). Short and unbiased contribution to the process of legislation is the most effective strategy. Another strategy though least effective would be to move to court to have a legislation on a policy.

Describe the challenges that the Local Foods Advisory Group had.

The Local Foods and Advisory Group were surprised at the revision of the ill. They tried to postpone the efforts so that they have a new bill drafted. The LFAG changed tactics when the house had done the revision of the bill.

Who were the protagonists and what roles did they serve [relationship with each other]?

The main protagonists in the cottage industry were two vendors called the "cookie ladies" who petitioned the local state over the bill. They had a petition drive to add pressure to the bill to get approval.

Summarize what was done and what were the results from it?

The result of the petition was that the Local Food Advisory Committee began the efforts to postpone the bill until the conflicts were solved. The petition led to LFAC to work behind the scenes to ensure that the bill addressed the regulation concerns.

References

Hueston, W., Martin, W., &Walz, E. (2015, May 08). Cottage Food Production in Minnesota: Arguments for Expanding Access and Potential Risks. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.foodpolicy.umn.edu/policy-summaries-and-analyses/cottage-food-production-minnesota-arguments-expanding-access-and

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