Wyoming makes it legal to buy food directly from your neighbors and local farm

[Suzanimal]

I was on board until I got to this.

Why would that comment change your mind?

 

[oyarde]

This goes on at a regular basis where I live .

 

[jmdrake]

Makes it legal?

WTF! Why was it ever illegal?

That was my thought. I buy from produce roadside produce stands all the time.

 

[asurfaholic]

and they say F you, then what?

what makes you think the absence of labeling and quality control measures will somehow prevent someone from taking civil action in the event of damages?

If bob buys an apple from farmer joe, and the apple causes bob to fall ill, and he feels there is cause to take joe to civil court for compensation, what is there to stop him?

 

[tod evans]

That was my thought. I buy from produce roadside produce stands all the time.

No shit, me too.

And I feel really good about it knowing I'm helping a local family who is hopefully not paying taxes on our barter.......

 

[jmdrake]

Why would that comment change your mind?

She must be a Kraft Mac and Cheese fan.

 

[Ronin Truth]

Well, Wyoming certainly has an overabundance of nerve. What gall?

 

[Suzanimal]

No shit, me too.

And I feel really good about it knowing I'm helping a local family who is hopefully not paying taxes on our barter.......

I love to stop by farm stands too. In the summer, I buy almost all my produce there and usually get suckered into buying some jam and baked goods.:o I've eaten lots of food I bought off the side of the road and I've never gotten sick off of it.

 

[ZENemy]

without registration, quality control, safety testing, the buyer will have hard time suing the seller if something goes wrong (we're talking about eating, not using). Which is good, this country doesn't need more lawsuits. One step closer to a liability free food market (much like how the illegal drug trade is liability free in terms of product safety to consumer).

But without government, how will we be in the top 10 list for obesity?


More than half of the 671 million obese people in the world live in 10 countries, and America tops the list.

Top 10 Most Obese Countries:

1. United States
2. China
3. India
4. Russia
5. Brazil
6. Mexico
7. Egypt
8. Germany
9. Pakistan
10. Indonesia


The US government has done a FINE job PRB, that is, if you like diabetus' and heart disease.

 

[PRB]

But without government, how will we be in the top 10 list for obesity?


More than half of the 671 million obese people in the world live in 10 countries, and America tops the list.

Top 10 Most Obese Countries:

1. United States
2. China
3. India
4. Russia
5. Brazil
6. Mexico
7. Egypt
8. Germany
9. Pakistan
10. Indonesia


The US government has done a FINE job PRB, that is, if you like diabetus' and heart disease.

you're attributing obesity to government?

 

[PRB]

what makes you think the absence of labeling and quality control measures will somehow prevent someone from taking civil action in the event of damages?

If bob buys an apple from farmer joe, and the apple causes bob to fall ill, and he feels there is cause to take joe to civil court for compensation, what is there to stop him?

1. How do you prove what you ate came from the source
2. Nothing stops you from filing a civil suit, but without merit and standing, you'll be dismissed pretty quickly

 

[jllundqu]

1. How do you prove what you ate came from the source
2. Nothing stops you from filing a civil suit, but without merit and standing, you'll be dismissed pretty quickly

So you would prohibit me from making a couple pies and selling them at a local farmer's market without (god forbid) A LICENSE because... "Government".... got it.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

1. How do you prove what you ate came from the source

There's a new invention out now. It's called a receipt.

 

[tod evans]

There's a new invention out now. It's called a receipt.

Just wait, I fully expect Wal-Mart to patent genomes for the products they market, probably before I kick the bucket the way technology is progressing...

 

[Dianne]

Makes it legal?

WTF! Why was it ever illegal?

The FEDS made it illegal. You can't even milk your cow and share it with your neighbor because it hasn't been inspected.

 

[William Tell]

I was on board until I got to this.

In what way are you not "on board" now? the law relates to choice, it doesn't forbid mac and cheese.

 

[tod evans]

The FEDS made it illegal. You can't even milk your cow and share it with your neighbor because it hasn't been inspected.

Last I was exposed to milk/law issues was in the 70's when the FDA inspector told our neighbor that he had to choose, either sell commercially to big dairy or sell local to neighbors.

Apparently the big deal then was the self-serve out of cold storage tanks......

Simple solution; no neighbors "sampling" milk after 6:30AM or before 6:30PM and the clean and dirty bottles moved from the cold storage room to their root celler, same with the "donation" box for those who could pay.........

 

[PRB]

There's a new invention out now. It's called a receipt.

that's the point, without license, registration, anybody can forge any reciept and there's little way to tell what's a "legit" receipt that'll hold up in a court of law. all good if you never have to sue, but good luck when you do.

 

[donnay]

that's the point, without license, registration, anybody can forge any reciept and there's little way to tell what's a "legit" receipt that'll hold up in a court of law. all good if you never have to sue, but good luck when you do.

In a free society people would be less likely to sue, and more likely to be more responsible and work things out. Even 50 years ago, people were less likely to sue and the regulations were not astronomical even then.

Bigger government is NEVER the answer for a free society.

 

[Stratovarious]

I was on board until I got to this.

I think you're on something maybe , but on board, I doubt it, how could that statement turn your world upside down ?