Food,  Government,  Health,  Uncategorized

We’re from the government….

….and we’re here to help you.  Not.

For the small farmer, government is the gift that keeps on taking.  Now the bureaucrats have come up with a whole bunch of new regulations which, boiled down, threaten “to destroy” some operations.  Not my words.  A former USDA exec.

What the government wants is more reports…just what it needs…more paperwork.  Of course that means more bureaucrats and more ways we can make a mistake on a form and get a fine.  Just doing it right—which they will intentionally make difficult—will cost Thistle Hill almost $5000!  Here’s the story:

http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/opinion/proposed-regs-threaten-local-food/article_d7dba40c-eefa-11e2-8dc5-0019bb2963f4.html

Meanwhile, the torment continues for that Wisconsin farmer who dared to sell raw milk off his farm.  A jury may have acquitted him of all but a technicality, and he’s now no longer facing jail time, but the Food Police are still chasing him.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/07/16/ftcldf-appeals-raw-milk-case.aspx

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