One year after Maine's groundbreaking food sovereignty law took effect, the capital city of Augusta has become the latest municipality to set food freedom in stone.
Maine's first-in-the-nation food sovereignty law, An Act To Recognize Local Control Regarding Food Systems, allows local governments in the state to pass ordinances that exempt many direct-to-consumer food sales within city limits from burdensome state licensing and inspection requirements.
Two years ago, at least 15 municipalities in Maine adopted a food sovereignty ordinance.
Maine's statewide food sovereignty law changed the game.
According to the website Local Food Rules, which tracks food sovereignty in Maine, forty-five cities and towns have now passed FSOs, including more than twenty just this year.
Walt Whitcomb, who heads Maine's agriculture department, warned earlier this year that food sovereignty "Will just increase the possibility that folks will purchase food that will make them sick."
As good as it is, Maine's food sovereignty law could be better still.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/12/01/maines-food-sovereignty-law-is-a-hit
Maine's first-in-the-nation food sovereignty law, An Act To Recognize Local Control Regarding Food Systems, allows local governments in the state to pass ordinances that exempt many direct-to-consumer food sales within city limits from burdensome state licensing and inspection requirements.
Two years ago, at least 15 municipalities in Maine adopted a food sovereignty ordinance.
Maine's statewide food sovereignty law changed the game.
According to the website Local Food Rules, which tracks food sovereignty in Maine, forty-five cities and towns have now passed FSOs, including more than twenty just this year.
Walt Whitcomb, who heads Maine's agriculture department, warned earlier this year that food sovereignty "Will just increase the possibility that folks will purchase food that will make them sick."
As good as it is, Maine's food sovereignty law could be better still.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/12/01/maines-food-sovereignty-law-is-a-hit
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