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To: The Great RJ

I expect this to be widely ignored at the gardener/farm market/fundraiser level. There will be test cases as some people who are affected sue the inspectors.

This is reminiscent of the laws regulating childrens’ items, which began to affect even yard sales. I believe regulatory changes were made after a lot of citizen anger. Please correct me if that is not so.

Personally, I have already begun to give away container vegetable plants to anyone who wants one, with advice on how to grow them, both indoors and out. I do expect this law to increase the prices on all fruits and vegetables. I know farmers who raise beef for people on an individual basis. The consumer buys the beef, the farmer keeps it in pasture until slaughter, the consumer is responsible for the processing. I believe as long as the numbers of beef involved per farmer are quite low, there is no regulatory involvement. We have many small processing plants out here and a new one is being built right now. Whatever the regulations, they did not prevent this business from forming. A lot of folks have chickens and eggs are commonly given away Spring to Fall. I see no way to stop this.

Most of the farmers and ag business folks out here voted for zerO, especially the largest organic co-ops.


49 posted on 07/31/2009 6:48:18 AM PDT by reformedliberal (Are we at high crimes or misdemeanors, yet?)
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To: reformedliberal

NO therehave been no changes to the child safety act of 2008 except that they have decided not to enforce it for this year.


92 posted on 07/31/2009 12:41:44 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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