Natural Blaze
August 11, 2015
The recent announcement of an attempt by North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to force backyard chicken owners to register their chickens with the department has brought quite a bit of attention to North Carolina. It has also brought quite a bit of controversy.
Most backyard chicken owners are balking at the idea of registration. The state of NC is very shadowy about their plans for the program and are anything but clear as to how this policy will be utilized in real terms.
Given the government's previous treatment of backyard gardeners, family farms and chicken owners, with the addition of destructive practices should an outbreak be declared and a general misunderstanding and mistreatment of independent growers - it isn't too surprising that backyard free-range owners are concerned about getting flagged in a database. If previous abuses like the Rawesome food raid and Morningland Dairy Cheese hadn't taken place, then maybe people would be happier to help without concerns of targeting and food source destruction.
Given
the government's previous treatment of backyard gardeners, family farms
and chicken owners, with the addition of destructive practices should
an outbreak be declared and a general misunderstanding and mistreatment
of independent growers - it isn't too surprising that backyard
free-range owners are concerned about getting flagged in a database. If
previous abuses like the Rawesome food raid and Morningland Dairy Cheese
hadn't taken place, then maybe people would be happier to help without
concerns of targeting and food source destruction. - See more at:
http://www.naturalblaze.com/2015/07/is-nc-requiring-barcodes-for-backyard.html#sthash.OdLToljo.dpuf
