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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

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From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 5:08 PM
Subject: Survey Data Collection
To: sanet-mg@googlegroups.com



Old news but hilarious. Fodder for conspiracy theorists and realists who
realize that the doors of the USDA and FDA and now EPA were ripped off
their hinges and relaced
with a revolving type to benefit corporate chemical and gmo agriculture (if
you can call it that) entities.

Utah Garden Challenge for Suckers
http://www.morphcity.com/home/117-utah-garden-challenge-for-suckers
July 5, 2012

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is promoting the Utah Garden
Challenge <http://www.utahgardenchallenge.com/> in order to collect
information about independent food production for the USDA.

The Utah Garden Challenge is a voluntary contest to register 10,000
gardens.  The data mining project has a broad interest in any "resource"
who is growing food:

*"Whether you grow a tomato in a pot, a row in a community garden, have
backyard gardens, a CSA or working fruit and vegetable farm, we want to
hear from you because you are an important resource as a food producer."*

While the contest paints a proud face on independent food production, it is
important to remember that registering with the government sets up a system
to track, tax, permit or confiscate the registered item.  Gun ownership is
a good example of this scheme.

According to a pop-up window on the official website, participants' gardens
will be registered with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS):

[image: UtahGardenChallenge]*"We need to know how much food is being
produced in Utah.  The Census of Agriculture is done every 5 years.  Every
agricultural operation in Utah, regardless of size, is vital to this
question.  If you produce $1000 of agricultural products, you can influence
economic development and decision making by filling out a NASS survey.  We
will only share your information with NASS by your permission.  Your
response to the census of agriculture is protected by law.  For more
information, you can go to www.agcensus.gov <http://www.agcensus.gov> "*

In other words, people who produce $1000 or more worth of food have an
impact on the food market, and the USDA wants to know about what you are
doing in your backyard.

Victory gardens in America produced up to 40% of all vegetables consumed
during World War II, with over 20 millon home gardens and community plots
that produced over 9 million tons of food.
<http://morphcity.com/home/91-victory-gardens-produce-abundance>

The USDA is notorious for its corrupt partnerships and revolving door
business relationships with big commercial agriculture.



*Government Crackdowns & Food Control*

Food is under attack because if you can grow your own food, have access to
water and shelter, then what use do you have for a government master?

The federal government has profoundly overstepped its constitutional
authority on all fronts, and there are a number of examples of the USDA's
outrageous control over food that include SWAT team raids
<http://blogs.sacurrent.com/index.php/streetview/cargills-salmonella-nets-wrist-slap-swat-raid-for-raw-milk-supplier/>
on raw milk sellers and fruit tree confiscation
<http://www.truthistreason.net/usda-seizes-womans-lemon-tree>.

The Food Safety Modernization Act expanded the power of the FDA and its
sister agency, the USDA.  The law is bad for many reasons and is an
overwhelming burden
<http://www.naturalnews.com/030587_Senate_Bill_510_Food_Safety.html#ixzz16sySzTJ7>
on small and independent farmers due to over-regulation and increase in
paperwork and reporting.









-- 
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared