[Kent C]

“So, you would destroy American businesses on an experiment that is destined to fail while having absolutely ZERO effect on the commodity crops. Typical greenie pipe dream.”

Exactly. I knew a farmer that planted a ‘victory garden’ on some land and he was in the PIC program. The D of Ag made him plow it under ;-)

That was part of that stupid Supreme Court decision, I forget the name of it - I’ll have to ask Sarah... where you effect the ‘market’ price because you’re not buying the fruits and vegetables at the market, affecting interstate commerce.

[garandgal]

I just hate to be a "negative Nancy," but the idea that our largely urban and suburban society is going to suddenly take on home gardening in a major way is simply ridiculous.

As a home gardener, and major "canner" myself, even I have found that only tomatoes, potatoes, asparagus, cucumbers, squash, and (possibly) green beans are worthwhile to grow...IF you have a lot of time to take care of the crop. Lettuce is nice for the few weeks that it lasts.

For a fleeting, very bad moment, I thought about encouraging every new gardener to grow a bunch of peas...LOL!

[KarlInOhio]

That was part of that stupid Supreme Court decision, I forget the name of it - I’ll have to ask Sarah... where you effect the ‘market’ price because you’re not buying the fruits and vegetables at the market, affecting interstate commerce.

Wickard v. Filburn in 1942 was about a farmer who planted above the area of wheat he was allotted to plant. He claimed that he was keeping it for his own use, but the court said that still affected interstate commerce.