Well, you can’t have people who aren’t dependant upon the industrial agribusiness supply chain. Government needs everyone dependant so they are pliable.
I agree that this is where much of the impetus from government actions is coming from. The big agribusiness supply chain sees this movement towards local agriculture as a looming threat to their profits and way of growing food.
They want us eating the food that gives them the most profit and that often means antibiotic and steroid saturated factory made food. They have also fought country of origin labeling on their products which most consumers want. They want to keep us blind to what we’re eating, and where it comes from, and eliminate those who attempt to bypass the system.