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Same boat. Everything you said resonates. I lost my farm after 12 years. They terminated my land license on baseless ‘weeds’ allegations AFTER I informed them t
by jelliclesfarm 2y ago
Same boat. Everything you said resonates. I lost my farm after 12 years. They terminated my land license on baseless ‘weeds’ allegations AFTER I informed them that I wouldn’t be available for ten days after surgery and that was my recuperation period.
I was out till May 21 last year. I mowed down my field on May 26. They sent me license violation letter on June 7th. And the ‘weeds’..it was cover crop(mustard).
And all this was by a California PUBLIC agency called ACRCD. I can’t even go into the full details here. What happens when you fall ill? And you farm land you don’t own? It’s gnarly and it’s by design.
My dim opinion of public employees enjoying great powers to destroy lives for their casual amusement got dimmer and is flaming hot now. And not one lawyer wants to touch this. You can’t fight the govt is what some of them told me. It’s like a circle jerk.
But I am older and I have lived my life and I have done other things. But..they are stealing young people’s best and most productive years. They are encouraging people to crash and burn with lame platitudes and setting them up for failure.
This is not going to end well. Not by a long shot.
And don’t get me started on the state of ‘Agtech’.
I think I will shut down the farm business by the end of the year.