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Good for you I hadn't thought to post this here good idea!

This was the meat of the message that I received ...

"The bills (Stop HR 875, HR 814, SR 425, and soon, HR 759 ) would require such a burdensome complexity of rules, inspections, licensing, fees, and penalties for each farmer who wishes to sell locally - a fruit stand, at a farmers market - no one could manage it. And THAT is the point. The whole dirty tricks point. The whole "be in tight control of everything needed for survival because it'll be worth a fortune" at some point."

I then went here to verify ...

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/legislation.xpd

Also let my local Co-op know too as they have their own farm and also support all the local small (and larger) growers here too.

Carla