FrankRep
02-06-2011, 11:58 AM
Georgia Introduces Food Freedom Act (http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep/food-freedom-act.html)
Lew Rockwell
January 20, 2011
Georgia will consider two bills to protect food freedom, introduced by Cobb County Rep. Bobby Franklin. H.B. 12, the Georgia Food Freedom Act (http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/fulltext/hb12.htm), exempts from regulation direct farm to consumer products as long as they are "unprocessed" which is defined as those "that have not been shelled, canned, cooked, fermented, distilled, preserved, ground, crushed, or slaughtered."
Franklin also introduced H.B. 2, Georgia Right to Grow Act (http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/fulltext/hb2.htm), which bans localities from prohibiting or requiring a permit "for the growing or raising of food crops or chickens, rabbits, or milk goats in home gardens, coops, or pens on private residential property so long as such food crops or animals or the products thereof are used for human consumption by the occupant of such property and members of his or her household and not for commercial purposes."
This sort of legislation will stem local abuse against small growers like Steve Miller who was fined $5,200 for growing too many vegetables (http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/georgia-farmer-fined-5k-for-growing-too-many-veggies/) in his two-acre garden in Clarkston, last year. Billing itself as the "greenest county in America (http://www.co.dekalb.ga.us/)," DeKalb County has set a 2011 court date for Miller's organic garden, according to a recent update by Georgia Insight (http://www.georgiainsight.org/archives/January%202011.pdf). Organic gardening has been Miller's hobby for 15 years. Though he sells some produce at local farmers markets, he gives most of the food to neighbors.
This follows a recent civic Resolution for Food Sovereignty (http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/most-likely-to-secede-the-vermont-resolution-for-food-sovereignty/) in Vermont filed publicly in response to passage of the federal food control bill known as the Food Safety Modernization Act.
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Background on the Food Safety Modernization Act
Continue to Oppose Food Safety Legislation (http://www.jbs.org/component/content/article/1009-commentary/6455-continue-to-oppose-food-safety-legislation)
Food Safety Bill Passes — Again (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5588-food-safety-bill-passes-again)
House Passes Continuing Resolution Bill, Food Safety Act Attached (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/congress/5452-house-passes-continuing-resolution)
"Food Safety" Bill to Empower FDA Wins Senate Cloture (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5236-food-safety-bill-to-empower-fda-wins-senate-cloture)
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Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596981490?ie=UTF8&tag=libert0f-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1596981490)
- Thomas E. Woods Jr
State vs. Federal: The Nullification Movement (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/constitution/2957-state-vs-federal-the-nullification-movement)
Because the Supreme Court has for many years interpreted the Constitution in a manner to further empower the federal government, states are moving to take power back from the feds through a growing and vibrant nullification movement. By Patrick Krey
Nullification in a Nutshell (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/american/2971-nullification-in-a-nutshell)
The modern-day nullification movement has as its genesis the principle of federalism and the writings of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, in particularly the famous Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, supporting the right of states to nullify unconstitutional federal usurpations. By Patrick Krey
Lew Rockwell
January 20, 2011
Georgia will consider two bills to protect food freedom, introduced by Cobb County Rep. Bobby Franklin. H.B. 12, the Georgia Food Freedom Act (http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/fulltext/hb12.htm), exempts from regulation direct farm to consumer products as long as they are "unprocessed" which is defined as those "that have not been shelled, canned, cooked, fermented, distilled, preserved, ground, crushed, or slaughtered."
Franklin also introduced H.B. 2, Georgia Right to Grow Act (http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/fulltext/hb2.htm), which bans localities from prohibiting or requiring a permit "for the growing or raising of food crops or chickens, rabbits, or milk goats in home gardens, coops, or pens on private residential property so long as such food crops or animals or the products thereof are used for human consumption by the occupant of such property and members of his or her household and not for commercial purposes."
This sort of legislation will stem local abuse against small growers like Steve Miller who was fined $5,200 for growing too many vegetables (http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/georgia-farmer-fined-5k-for-growing-too-many-veggies/) in his two-acre garden in Clarkston, last year. Billing itself as the "greenest county in America (http://www.co.dekalb.ga.us/)," DeKalb County has set a 2011 court date for Miller's organic garden, according to a recent update by Georgia Insight (http://www.georgiainsight.org/archives/January%202011.pdf). Organic gardening has been Miller's hobby for 15 years. Though he sells some produce at local farmers markets, he gives most of the food to neighbors.
This follows a recent civic Resolution for Food Sovereignty (http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/most-likely-to-secede-the-vermont-resolution-for-food-sovereignty/) in Vermont filed publicly in response to passage of the federal food control bill known as the Food Safety Modernization Act.
...
Background on the Food Safety Modernization Act
Continue to Oppose Food Safety Legislation (http://www.jbs.org/component/content/article/1009-commentary/6455-continue-to-oppose-food-safety-legislation)
Food Safety Bill Passes — Again (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5588-food-safety-bill-passes-again)
House Passes Continuing Resolution Bill, Food Safety Act Attached (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/congress/5452-house-passes-continuing-resolution)
"Food Safety" Bill to Empower FDA Wins Senate Cloture (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5236-food-safety-bill-to-empower-fda-wins-senate-cloture)
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http://www.ohiofreedom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cover_null_lg-195x300.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596981490?ie=UTF8&tag=libert0f-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1596981490)
Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596981490?ie=UTF8&tag=libert0f-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1596981490)
- Thomas E. Woods Jr
State vs. Federal: The Nullification Movement (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/constitution/2957-state-vs-federal-the-nullification-movement)
Because the Supreme Court has for many years interpreted the Constitution in a manner to further empower the federal government, states are moving to take power back from the feds through a growing and vibrant nullification movement. By Patrick Krey
Nullification in a Nutshell (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/american/2971-nullification-in-a-nutshell)
The modern-day nullification movement has as its genesis the principle of federalism and the writings of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, in particularly the famous Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, supporting the right of states to nullify unconstitutional federal usurpations. By Patrick Krey