Farms will be set up by district and feed the schools as well as the elderly and veterans…They will have a store front for general public. All food will be given to American households that file for help. American farmer will get the funds from the sales to the public and tax dollars will be allocated to American needs over international needs. All medical situations will be reviewed by dieticians and doctors who have been allocated for their districts. We will reinstate local business and farmers to the needs of their own communities. Milk farmers will have to deliver with in their own community.school children will learn of trades that are offered in their own communities. We will have a grass roots state of mind. Water and feed will be over seen by locals who have been properly trained. Water sources will be utilized for drinking and irrigation. We will locate all natural springs and use them for bottled water that the public can purchase to self fund …The funding will be done by use of services and transparency of quality of materials.
My small town has been trying to form something like this, but with county laws and red tape, it’s been a very uphill battle. This would be a great program for rural areas!
People can buy direct from local farms without interference from the government right now. New Jersey farmers have been doing this for more than half a century via roadside stands along the roads leading to the Jersey shore points. People from many states make a point of stopping to load up on their excellent produce on their way to and from shore points.
Local farms are limited due to size, climate and growing environments; and doubtful they could totally meet community and school needs. There are so few farms anymore, it’s pathetic.
Limitation to only your community doesn’t foster competition and better prices, it fosters monopolies. Co-ops are a good idea but again, they are few and far between.
Agreed except for dieticians. Don’t need them. Back in the day, these individuals didn’t even exist. Why? Because local food didn’t have chemicals on/in their food. Food pyramid needs to be flipped back to it’s correct (original) position and we’re good.
Excellent. In NY many agricultural districts have working farms in local governments with No Right To Farm policy. Land developers attack our properties by using these city resources to keep shutting us down. This wastes city resources and closes our ability to feed the community due to constant litigation. Let’s make a law for ALL WORKING FARMS in Certified Ag Districts have a RTF policy! Stop NYS from losing small organic producers. This should be a nationwide policy! Let small farms dissolve away from the cities and be free standing entities within the town.