rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

That sounds over reaching to extreme....as well as stepping on some "rights". I'd there a Right to Farm law in your state? Any Cottage Farm laws? Those may give the population some rights that overpower? Research those things on Google. It may be helpful and prevent some of their wants.

The right to farm law is weak and really protects commercial farmers following GAMPS here, but yes, someone could get their lawyer to sue the town. It is TN though and nobody has money and people do whatever they want regardless of laws. We might try if we have to.
If someone decides we are following whatever gamps are here in TN we'd possibly have some protection if we got a lawyer since we are a state registered vendor of pet milk sold only on the farm and we only sell goats on the farm as well. It would be a big fight though and there's not a lot going for this place to keep us here if the mayor and aldermen get hostile toward us and anyone farming. A big part of why we moved here specifically was 1)slightly better schools than surrounding cities and 2)I could farm. The schools have gotten worse and now they are taking away agriculture. DH's working conditions have also deteriorated a bit-for everyone at his company. We're still staying here, but IDK for how long if remaining becomes more of a fight than leaving.

 

[farmerjan]

My heart is heavy tonight. We never get a rest. The city council in the hardly a town that I live in, that only formed to keep a landfill out 10-15 years ago, is proposing legislation to ban breeding of livestock, selling any animals or their products for any sort of financial gain. You can not even sell eggs. They have city council meetings but are not known for listening to people who show up and are very much known for doing whatever they want regardless of how they lit the town on fire. People do not vote at the meetings. There are a lot of people losing their livelihood this month. They are likely attempting to force the people who use agriculture as their retirement funds and those that use it to supplement their incomes so they can live here to sell to developers to bring in more taxes or other kickbacks. I really hope they do not pass it, but if they already went to the trouble to write it up together I expect it will. I guess we'll decide what to do as a family from there. I'm so tired.

That does not sound like Tenn policies in general... Contact your state representative and see if there are alternatives... I always thought that Tn was an ag friendly, supportive state.

 

[rachels.haven]

https://www.tnfarmbureau.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TN-Law-and-Resources-Pertaining-to-the-Definition-of-Agriculture-Zoning-Farm-Property-Taxes-Multiple-Use-Subclassification.pdf

 

[farmerjan]

@Mike CHS .... any thoughts...????

 

[Mini Horses]

Come to VA....pretty heavy ag base for state income. While not perfect, it's ok and a big part of our economy.

 

[Baymule]

Come to Texas where we say to hell with everybody and do what we want. LOL

 

[rachels.haven]

Well, the town is blowing up today on social media (all the while local politicians point fingers, tell everyone everything they don't like is "slander" (written word is called libel) and threaten lawsuits, and tell people not to get info from social media all the while only providing info on social media). And of course people are posting don't tread on me snakes and "so glad you're here and not going to let this become a law" comments to aldermen supporting it. The town meeting this month may be an angry zoo. I think the politicians and planning committee deserve it for betraying and not serving their constituency better.

We may still make some serious changes even if the politicians and "planning committee" back pedal and stop trying to pass this until people lose interest in stringing them up. This may be the final straw for Mark on here in addition to work and the kids school deterioration.

Photo dump to destress.

This...is my neighbor across the street's dog. He has two horses and some chickens to guard all by himself within a 4 strand electric fence and gate missing pieces. He has decided that is not enough and now he comes every day to lay with Bailey and Riker near the baby goats and watch them. He looks like he could have some Bernard in him, so I don't know what to think of it but so far no one is upset or even territorial about it so I'm leaving it, but with boundaries. He may not come on our fenced in property. So here he sits, on my other neighbor's driveway, watching baby goats.

 

[SageHill]

OK - I'll put in a plug for So Cal - come on out, we've got great weather. But alot of the rest is best left alone. (hopefully they don't see what's happening by you).

 

[Ridgetop]

Comes to Texas! Northeast Texas has a lot of water. Sulphur Springs is a great little town with lots of tiny towns around it. Easy access to freeways too.

 

[Baymule]

The town needs to blow up. Then they need to fire all the council politicians and elect new ones. When is next election? People need to get stirred up, stay stirred up and run against these idiots.