and here in NY we actually have Farmers Markets, go figure...REVENOOERS! SHOOT FOR YOUR LIVES!
Let’s all just join the local commune.
“I’m really not sure about this source; however, with our Big Gov it doesn’t seem impossible.”
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In today’s new USSA, most anything that goes against freedom
is quite possible. I expect it will get much worse.
What about farmers markets and roadside stands?
one more reason for the big reset.
Goodbye roadside veggie and fruit stands. Shellfish sold from the trunks of cars are okay though.
Not sure what this entails but there are farmer’s markets and roadside stands in most states I’d guess.
If this is shutting them down I suspect there will be protest amongst many consumers.
I sold vegetables I grew to my neighbors yesterday. Come and get me.
I didn’t see bartering listed.
I am glad to know the FDA and USDA are on the ball.....who knows with their help we might just solve the obesity problem in the USA...’
Regulate the farmers out of business....regulate coal out of business.... We will be doing jumping jacks at night to keep warm and eating warmed over grass clipping...
I’d be in the best shape of my life....
Careful reading of the article identifies the real reasons for the charges. First, they are not obtaining licenses which include an initial fee and regular extortion payoffs (inspection fees).
Second, they are selling directly to customers bypassing the government sponsored monopolies. This allows them to sell for a much cheaper price and with much higher quality.
Food safety has nothing to do with it. I will guess that 99.9% of contaminated food is obtained through the government sponsored monopolies rather than direct sales.
The gov't feels like it's the only one who can supply food that's plentiful, affordable, and safe - just like health care.
Reality is with this kind of control they can charge what they like, or cut it off completely if you misbehave.
First, they came for the herd shares and leasing arrangements.
Then, they came for the farmers’ markets.
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My town of 14k has a yearly farmers’ market that is usually held one or two days each week for a couple of months.
How is my Congress critter - Rosa DeLauro aka Mrs. Stanley Greenberg - involved?
She was big into passing legislation to aid Monsanto as hubby has deep roots with the company.
The problem is that the Federal Government is funding many farmers markets through USDA and community action programs. If the FDA bunch persists it will cause a massive turf war between the bureaucrats.
Live in Farmishland, western PA.
Its worse than you think. A friend had two goats that begat a third goat. Fed jackboots ran all over his land demanding to see his “license” to breed goats.
They HAD to have spotted the kid from the air.
He stood his ground and declared the goats were pets.
And what’s happening to the dairy herds, beef herds and just plain corn farmers is really scary.
Fedgov jackboots are everywhere in the backwash of PA.
BELIEVE IT.
and here in NY we actually have Farmers Markets, go figure...One is allowed to sell directly to the public at the source. I looked into this a number of times when thinking what to do when I had bumper crops of plums (could I sell jam etc). You can avoid labeling laws for instance if you sell at the source. There were several farms in the area I could go there and buy direct (eggs, milk, beef, etc).
The difference is I think these people are creating something different than that, not selling locally or what is considered direct at source. Leasing animals, etc, that’s a different thing. Not saying I agree with the current situation of big government sticking their nose everywhere. However, most anybody can go online and find farms near them and they can buy direct (depending where they live). Unpasteurized milk is another matter and you might only be able to do that yourself with your own cow (or goat).
This article is not about roadside stands.
What this article is talking about is food cooperatives which non-farmers use to avoid regulations by using exemptions written to permit farmers to consume the produce of their own farms on their own farms.
Just about any food regulation includes a exemption that permits farmers to consume their own produce. By forming cooperatives, non-farmers are operating the exemptions to purchase food that they had no role in producing and over which they assert no control in the production process. This leaves the consumer vulnerable to less than ideal practices by the farmer.
For instance, if a farmer were to produce raw milk for his family’s own consumption, he would be very careful to make sure the cows udders were clean and sanitary and that his equipment was properly sterilized, so as not to introduce harmful bacteria into the milk. However, he might not be so scrupulous when producing milk for somebody else.
As far as I am concerned, this is a risk people should be permitted to assume. But nobody should think that just because the cows look happy, the equipment in the barn has been properly sterilized. The cows don’t care about that. If a customer wants to consume raw unregulated products, he should be very careful to only purchase from farmers who have demonstrated integrity and safe practices.