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My tin-foil hat may be on a bit too tight but a couple things came to my attention this week which have me looking to buying more property for the purpose of gardening and keeping some protein on hand:
My wife has a friend, from college, who lives in the Fresno area. That family (three generations of farmers) has 40 acres of nut trees but is choosing to leave for Florida because California is forcing them to fallow 75% of their land in the name of water conservation. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has been slowly altered since 2014 to strangle small farms and will likely result in 500,000 to 780,000 acres of farmland to go back to nature. This friend warned my wife to look for a tomato-based product shortage after this summer because of the lost yield out of California.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/27/california-groundwater-sgma-law-farmers
Another concerning development is a trend of ballot initiatives, in multiple states, that could destroy the ranching economies of those states. Oregon's Initiative Petition 13 and Colorado's Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation both seek to strip ranchers of their livelihood in the name of the humane treatment of beef. I understand these movements are far from being voted into law, however, banning slaughter, animal husbandry, and transportation of livestock would obviously drive the country further into chaos. I cannot help be see these as the precursors for food rationing.
What do you all think? Is this just some PETA shenanigans or a glimpse into the future of authoritarianism?
My wife has a friend, from college, who lives in the Fresno area. That family (three generations of farmers) has 40 acres of nut trees but is choosing to leave for Florida because California is forcing them to fallow 75% of their land in the name of water conservation. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has been slowly altered since 2014 to strangle small farms and will likely result in 500,000 to 780,000 acres of farmland to go back to nature. This friend warned my wife to look for a tomato-based product shortage after this summer because of the lost yield out of California.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/27/california-groundwater-sgma-law-farmers
Another concerning development is a trend of ballot initiatives, in multiple states, that could destroy the ranching economies of those states. Oregon's Initiative Petition 13 and Colorado's Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation both seek to strip ranchers of their livelihood in the name of the humane treatment of beef. I understand these movements are far from being voted into law, however, banning slaughter, animal husbandry, and transportation of livestock would obviously drive the country further into chaos. I cannot help be see these as the precursors for food rationing.
Oregon initiative would ban animal slaughter, breeding
IP13 would classify slaughter as aggravated abuse, redefine AI and castration as sexual assault.
www.farmprogress.com
PAUSE: Ballot initiative to criminalize husbandry practices would cost consumers, limit food availability
A ballot initiative proposed, currently known as Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation (PAUSE), is awaiting an appearance before the title board after being filed with the Colorado Secretary of State. Proponents Alexander Sage…
www.thefencepost.com
What do you all think? Is this just some PETA shenanigans or a glimpse into the future of authoritarianism?