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  • From: "Patrick Mulkey" <Mulkey AT tunl.duke.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] hovering helicopter
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:31:47 -0400

Happen all the time here in Chapel Hell, NC. State police and locals fly over looking for marijuana growing usually in late summer and they have found some. We have had jet buss us, big C-5 and Army copters flying by in formation not mention small airplanes. I usually wave and they tip their wings which tell you how low they are.
Patrick
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] hovering helicopter


Leigh,
My guess is that they were looking for marijuana plants growing.
I don't know how frequent this is. I would like to hear from others. I
haven't heard of it happening out our way.
Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Leigh
Hauter
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:42 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Market-farming] hovering helicopter


How prevalent is this?

For over 15 minutes yesterday we had a helicopter circling our farm
(must have circled 15 or so times). Spending a great deal of time
over our hoophouses and greenhouse, scaring the heck our of our dogs,
chickens and turkeys. Do 'they' do this to everyone or are we being
subjected to some sort of special attention.

I'm offended that my tax money is being used to upset our farm
animals. Of course there wasn't anything for 'them' to take pictures
of except tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, but still, I feel somewhat
violated by this intrusion. Just because I farm for a living do I
have less privacy rights than others? Also, I wonder if 'they' (it
looked like Coast Guard marking on the side of the helicopter, I
haven't got a good look at the pictures I took yet) do this to the
big commercial operations or is this a special form of harassment for
family farmers?

Virginia.
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