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Michigan Loses \u2018Right To Farm\u2019 This Week: A Farewell To Backyard Chickens and Beekeepers<\/a><\/p>\n Michigan residents lost their \u201cright to farm\u201d this week thanks to a new ruling by the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development. Gail Philburn of the Michigan Sierra Club told Michigan Live, the new changes \u201ceffectively remove Right to Farm Act protection for many urban and suburban backyard farmers raising small numbers of animals.\u201d Backyard and urban farming were previously protected by Michigan\u2019s Right to Farm Act. The Commission ruled that the Right to Farm Act protections no longer apply to many homeowners who keep small numbers of livestock.<\/p>\n Kim White, who raises chickens and rabbits, said, \u201cThey don\u2019t want us little guys feeding ourselves. They want us to go all to the big farms. They want to do away with small farms and I believe that is what\u2019s motivating it.\u201d The ruling will allow local governments to arbitrarily ban goats, chickens and beehives on any property where there are 13 homes within one eighth mile or a residence within 250 feet of the property, according to Michigan Public Radio. The Right to Farm Act was created in 1981 to protect farmers from the complaints of people from the city who moved to the country and then attempted to make it more urban with anti-farming ordinances. The new changes affect residents of rural Michigan too. It is not simply an urban or suburban concern.<\/em><\/p>\n Related to the control over food…<\/p>\n Oppose the Food Safety Modernization Act (S 510) – NH Tea Party Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n Dire Consequences of FDA\u2019s new Food Safety Modernization Act – NH Tea Party Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n Farmers Were Warned in 2011 – NH Tea Party Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n The Plight of Morningland Dairy<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNew ‘safety plan’ would control what you eat<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCodex Alimentarius: The UN\u2019s Dastardly Plan to Control All Food – NH Tea Party Coalition<\/a><\/p>\n