by Baylen Linnekin. Earlier this week the Institute for Justice
published an important report, The Attack on Food
Freedom, as part of its National Food Freedom Initiative.
The twenty-five page report is co-authored by me and Michael
Bachmann, a Seton Hall law student. While referring to a report I co-authored as "important" may seem ... MORE
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Your Right To Grow, Raise, Produce, Buy, Sell, Share, Cook, Eat, And Drink What You Want Is Under Attack
by Baylen Linnekin. Earlier this week the Institute for Justice
published an important report, The Attack on Food
Freedom, as part of its National Food Freedom Initiative.
The twenty-five page report is co-authored by me and Michael
Bachmann, a Seton Hall law student. While referring to a report I co-authored as "important" may seem ... MOREFeds Make First Step Towards Hemp Legalization
Industrial hemp to be treated as commodity not drug. The United States federal government may not be ready to sanction marijuana use, but a new agriculture bill is set to legalize preliminary stages of hemp production in states that allow the practice. A new farm bill, passed by Congress on Tuesday, would allow universities and state ... MOREBaylen Linnekin: This Farm Bill Stinks
A lousy new Farm Bill is about to become law. CattlePublic DomainLike a phoenix made of pork, the Farm Bill has risen from the ashes. And for opponents of farm subsidies and wasteful government spending, that’s bad news. The measure, which had languished for two years in Congress, passed in the House this week. The Senate is ... MOREUNLIMITED GOVERNMENT --- EPA Stealthily Propels Toward Massive Power Grab Of Private Property Across The U. S.
by Bridget Johnson. While the country is immersed in Obamacare headlines and a congressional tussle over delays and mandates, the Obama administration is stealthily moving toward unprecedented control over private property under a massive expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act authority. The proposed ... MOREGreen Ethanol And The Damage It Leaves Behind
Govt mandate does more than drive up corn prices. The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America's push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. Even the cemetery that disappeared like an apparition into a cornfield. It wasn't ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Milk Of Human Blindness
Milking buyers and sellers. The Denver Post warns, "Milk, food prices could rise if Congress fails to act." Congress is working on a farm bill, which, among other things, will set limits on how high or low milk prices can be in different regions of the country. Politicians from both parties like to meddle in agriculture. When the Heritage ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Great Farm-Bill Ripoff
Why are rock stars receiving government aid? Anyone starting from scratch would not design a farm policy like the one America has. At least not anyone with a lick of common sense. But since common sense is as common on Capitol Hill as a unicorn stampede, we have: A confusing clutter of programs that pay farmers not to farm, reward them ... MORE
Veronique de Rugy: Farm Subsidies Must Die
A program to take from the poor and give to the rich. On January 2, President Barack Obama signed a bill designed to avert the fiscal cliff. At the same time, to slightly less fanfare, he averted the “milk cliff.” By extending the 2008 farm bill another nine months, he prevented the automatic revival of a 1949 law requiring the ... MOREMitch McConnell & Rand Paul Join Forces To Legalize Hemp
Push to legalize industrial hemp is gaining steam. Supporters of industrial hemp gained a powerful ally in Washington several weeks ago when Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul and Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as a co-sponsor of S.359, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act ... MOREThomas Sowell - Shepherds And Sheep
Sheep are easily led astray. John Stuart Mill's classic essay "On Liberty" gives reasons why some
people should not be taking over other people's decisions about their
own lives. But Professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard has given reasons to
the contrary. He cites research showing "that people make a lot of
mistakes, and that those mistakes can prove ... MOREMark J. Fitzgibbons: A Property Rights Revolution For 2013
Bureaucratic bullying on steroids. A previously apolitical organic farmer in Virginia has set off a property rights revolution that would make Founders Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and author of Virginia's Declaration of Rights George Mason proud. Martha Boneta had a business license for her tiny farm store in scenic Paris, Virginia, ... MOREWashington Times: Beverage Socialism Sours The Market
Big Milk + big government = raw deal for consumers. When it comes to milk, government isn’t interested in your health. The red tape imposed on this breakfast favorite isn’t just there to ensure dairy products aren’t spoiled. Rather, the rules intentionally limit competition and keep prices high. In this crony capitalist venture, consumers are the ... MOREBaylen Linnekin: Food Freedom Vs. Regulatory Busybodies
The state of things are looking up. While national stories like the multi-pronged
assault on energy drinks and the FDA’s
proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules rightly grab
headlines—and often my attention—it’s perhaps too easy to overlook
the fact that much of what’s good and bad in the area of food law
and policy is taking place in our backyards ... MOREJohn Stossel: First, The Bad News
We in the media rarely lie to you. But that leaves plenty of room to take things wildly out of context. That's where most big scare stories come from, like recent headlines
about GM foods. GM means "genetically modified," which means scientists
add genes, altering the plant's DNA, in this case to make the crop
resistant to pests. Last week, ... MORE
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