tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post8724986239486817157..comments2023-09-24T05:19:13.830-04:00Comments on Roberts Roost: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 - A Small Farm PerspectiveAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08442419546836689939noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-84533480168468167842009-03-21T14:37:00.000-04:002009-03-21T14:37:00.000-04:00As backing for my earlier comment, I quote David H...As backing for my earlier comment, I quote David Holmgren, <A HREF="http://www.energybulletin.net/node/524" REL="nofollow">from an interview on EnergyBulletin.net:</A><BR/><BR/><I>"One of the things I think a lot of the urban planners miss is that they assume that any future framework will be driven by public policy and forward planning and design. Whereas, I think, given the speed with which we are approaching this energy-descent world, and the paucity of any serious consideration of planning or even awareness of it, we have to take as part of the equation that the adaptive strategies will not happen by some big, sensible, long range planning approach, but will happen just organically and incrementally by people just doing things in response to immediate conditions."</I><BR/><BR/>I'm a big fan of Holmgren's, but he does tend to be wordy and jargonish.<BR/><BR/>I think what he's saying above is: "Don't worry, the planners are going the way of the dodo bird." Or perhaps, "Just do it!"<BR/><BR/>Speaking of planning, I have to stop whatever farming I was doing for a few days so I can make drawings and go battle with the bureaucrats over a $200 woodshed... AAARRRGGGHHH!!!Jan Steinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11899788309779228244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-65585302963107599982009-03-20T11:27:00.000-04:002009-03-20T11:27:00.000-04:00Thank you for writing about this issue! We have b...Thank you for writing about this issue! We have been discussing the bill over at WildlifeGardeners.org. Would you care to join us?Michelle Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13740702104128263822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842852562944962435.post-9646798956732818512009-03-19T22:54:00.000-04:002009-03-19T22:54:00.000-04:00I hear you, Alan!It is really getting quite ridicu...I hear you, Alan!<BR/><BR/>It is really getting quite ridiculous. We were just slapped with a $300 fine for beginning work on a <B>woodshed</B> without a building permit -- and I only have about $200 into the damn thing!<BR/><BR/>I can apparently cut the 8'x32' structure into pieces that are no larger than 10 square metres (107 sqft). (sarcasm mode)This will surely increase the public safety of the structure... Yea, that's a good thing to motivate people to do.(/sarcasm mode)<BR/><BR/>The only thing I can assuage you, the thing I keep telling myself, is that this sort of regulatory behaviour is not sustainable, and we simply have to wait for it to die of energy starvation.<BR/><BR/>The US Federal Government and a good number of the states are near insolvency. How much do you wanna bet that so-called "public health and safety" money will be among the first to be cut?<BR/><BR/>HT Odum and later energy descent scientists (notably, David Holmgren) teach that complexity is a direct function of energy, and that includes regulatory complexity.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't recommend entering a career in building inspection or livestock inspection!<BR/><BR/>As for what you or I should do about it: civil disobedience while waiting it out. Get off the cash economy as much as possible! Barter for your livestock. If an inspector comes, they're just pets, and without cash receipts, they can't claim otherwise.<BR/><BR/>One cannot control what one cannot measure. If you are off the cash economy, the government has lost its control over you.Jan Steinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11899788309779228244noreply@blogger.com