Market Farming

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But democracy in FB is not the issue; it's whether we want to support any
farming organization that spends big money lobbying on issues unrelated to
market farming. I don't care if they have a democratic vote on those issues
or if they just make it all up out of thin air. There are many issues that
shouldn't be voted on by anybody, because people should be free to disagree
and go their own way. Democracy can turn into the tyranny of the
Collective, and individual liberty is in the toilet. Our founding fathers
might be surprised to hear we have to lobby politicians just to defend our
freedom to make our living farming or just grow stuff and sell it on the
roadside somewhere. Sure times have changed. But we have the right to
change them some more, and enlarge our freedoms and relearn the skills of
living on the land.

paul & barb - on the continental divide
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On 10/13/2002 at 4:47 PM Rick Williams wrote:

>Again, FB reflects the members grassroots concerns and they go way beyond
>farming because they greatly impact our quality of life as farmers and
>citizens. They pass resolutions reflecting that concern.
>
>It is becoming very clear that democracy is not something you support when
>it goes against what you want, or you would never attack grass roots
>resolutions as you repeatedly have.
>