A small town in the north east of the United States has passed an ordinance which frees up local food transactions. Buyers and sellers (farmers and consumers) may enter into a transaction without having to comply with the red tape imposed by state or federal legislation. The underlying assumption is that both buyer and seller waive their rights under said legislation. This means for example that a consumer is able to buy raw milk if a local producer willing to sell can be found. Similarly, farm slaughtered animals may be sold locally.
The town in question, Sedgewick in Maine, is thought to be the first to enact such a local ordinance. Too early yet to determine what the reaction will be from the state and federal bureaucrats. For more information check out .
(Thanks go to an Invergowrie resident for bringing this to our attention.)
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Sedgewick Maine passes revolutionary Food Freedom ordinance
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