Right to Food Amendment

[The Hammer]

Maine becomes the first US state to recognize the Right to Food in a Constitutional amendment | Universal Rights Group

Maine has become the first state to write in food production and consumption into it's constitution. Bringing cottage food laws to the fore.

The amendment, which 60% of Mainers voted in favor of, declares that “all individuals have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being

Let's get this going in all 50 states.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Ayuh! Go Maine!

 

[Daemon Sophic]

Wait. Are they suggesting that in some locations, people are NOT allowed to grow and eat what they would like?

Where?

 

[sun rise]

Wait. Are they suggesting that in some locations, people are NOT allowed to grow and eat what they would like?

Where?

Without a 'Right to Garden' Law, It May Be Illegal to Grow Your Own Food - it appears to be an outlier but maybe someone else can find other examples.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

From that article it sounds like a move in every right direction.

 

[amorphous_constellation]

Maine becomes the first US state to recognize the Right to Food in a Constitutional amendment | Universal Rights Group

Maine has become the first state to write in food production and consumption into it's constitution. Bringing cottage food laws to the fore.

The amendment, which 60% of Mainers voted in favor of, declares that “all individuals have the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health and well-being

Let's get this going in all 50 states.

that sounds good, I'll have to read that later

 

[amorphous_constellation]

Wait. Are they suggesting that in some locations, people are NOT allowed to grow and eat what they would like?

Where?

well I'm fairly sure you can't process your own livestock in many places, I don't know if there is a federal law on that.

 

[The Hammer]

Ayuh! Go Maine!

Bangor? I hardly know her.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Without a 'Right to Garden' Law, It May Be Illegal to Grow Your Own Food - it appears to be an outlier but maybe someone else can find other examples.

Hmm, I am not so sure if that would apply. They were able to garden, they were not allowed to extend their growing season beyond the natural one with a structure. I thought that it was a rather petty move to oppose that, but unfortunately in that community it appears to be legal. They could have done what we did in our garden. Rather than a "hoop house' we covered our vegetables with a sheet of plastic. It kept them warm at night and if it was a really nice day was easily moved to the side. That added two weeks to a month to the growing and harvesting period in Minnesota.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Bangor? I hardly know her.

It's actually pronounced Bang-oar, or, most commonly here, Bang-oah. ;-)

 

[Subduction Zone]

This might apply more to homes in HOA's. They often restrict the sort of gardens that one has on one's property. It appears that those restrictions would be abolished.

 

[Subduction Zone]

It's actually pronounced Bang-oar, or, most commonly here, Bang-oah. ;-)

Don't worry, that emergency shipment of "r"s is on the way!

 

[VoidCat]

It's actually pronounced Bang-oar, or, most commonly here, Bang-oah. ;-)

Lol i knew this from watching Ben Benard on YouTube. He makes videos about states and he made one about Maine. That's how Flordia summoned Maine to the table by mispronoucing it

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Don't worry, that emergency shipment of "r"s is on the way!

Funny thing is we just put them on the ends of other words, like "soder" instead of soda.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Lol i knew this from watching Ben Benard on YouTube. He makes videos about states and he made one about Maine. That's how Flordia summoned Maine to the table by mispronoucing it

That would totally work! You'd summon some cantankerous old man you could barely understand pointing the end of a pipe stem at you.

 

[VoidCat]

That would totally work! You'd summon some cantankerous old man you could barely understand pointing the end of a pipe stem at you.

They summoned NC by going
Its bo time!

To which NC was like but i just had Cook Out.
As a North Carolinan that fits.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Funny thing is we just put them on the ends of other words, like "soder" instead of soda.

I think that those r's accumulate and escape the first chance that they get.

 

[VoidCat]

@Guitar's Cry
Turns out i misspelt the guys name. It's Ben Brainard. This is the video:

 

[Viker]

It's actually pronounced Bang-oar, or, most commonly here, Bang-oah. ;-)

You just got to fergive yer southen neighbers. We have ar own way of pronuns'ashun.

 

[Viker]

@Guitar's Cry
Turns out i misspelt the guys name. It's Ben Brainard. This is the video:

Totally forgivable. You probably spelt it the way you'd pronounce it.