- Feb 10, 2014
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Just sent to Debbie Stabenow...
Ms. Stabenow, I heard you state in front of the group last month you supported small farming, sustainable living, responsible soil management and conservation of resources etc. I was also there when the deciding majority of the AG Commissioners were patting each other on the backs (save one) about how genuinely they believed their mission was to sponsor and support to the best of their abilities, good agricultural practices. With one fell swoop, a 4:1 vote just made criminals of thousands of backyard farmers. That was a completely irresponsible action on their behalf. There was a reasonable way to approach the problem. They have the experience to offer smaller communities in which backyard farming was beginning to take root truly good management practices and instead, they dumped it at the feet of witless local (urban) politicians who know nothing of proper land ethics and environmental stewardship. I urge you to contact the governor and arrange for some kind of discourse with the AG department so their recent actions don't wind up making your words ring hollow. What they have done with recent GAAMPs adoption smacks of..."What the big print giveth, the little print taketh away". Yours truly...
Ms. Stabenow, I heard you state in front of the group last month you supported small farming, sustainable living, responsible soil management and conservation of resources etc. I was also there when the deciding majority of the AG Commissioners were patting each other on the backs (save one) about how genuinely they believed their mission was to sponsor and support to the best of their abilities, good agricultural practices. With one fell swoop, a 4:1 vote just made criminals of thousands of backyard farmers. That was a completely irresponsible action on their behalf. There was a reasonable way to approach the problem. They have the experience to offer smaller communities in which backyard farming was beginning to take root truly good management practices and instead, they dumped it at the feet of witless local (urban) politicians who know nothing of proper land ethics and environmental stewardship. I urge you to contact the governor and arrange for some kind of discourse with the AG department so their recent actions don't wind up making your words ring hollow. What they have done with recent GAAMPs adoption smacks of..."What the big print giveth, the little print taketh away". Yours truly...