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We should be encouraging people to produce food, not severely punishing someone for it. Do we need a campaign for a right to basic agriculture? This reminds me
by bitmasher9 1y ago
We should be encouraging people to produce food, not severely punishing someone for it. Do we need a campaign for a right to basic agriculture? This reminds me a lot of the right to repair, in that it feels like a violation of how we expect to be able to use our property.
- trollbridge 1y agoWe do. Some parts of Maine have passed “right to raise food” laws.
- BLKNSLVR 1y agoWhat was not allowed prior to these "right to raise food" laws? Is it only about animals? Was there any restriction on vege patches?
- BLKNSLVR 1y agoI read something recently, I think it was on HN or linked to from discussion, about something like the opposite. And it was argued something like national security over the price effect it could have on agriculture across state or national borders. Likely ridiculous, but may have had some semi-rationalising nuance. I would have thought the US, of all places, wouldn't be placing such restrictions on liberty. I might be cross-linking a couple of different things though, so hold back that outrage. But, yes, I agree. It would also give more people an understanding of what real (non-mass-produced, heirloom) fruits and vegetables taste like. And eggs (my better half regularly buys eggs from a student at the school, the same student also, every morning, tends to the school's vegetable garden with autistic dedication and attention). Meat is a bit more difficult. Hands in the dirt is good for mental health too.