Posted on 05/09/2012 1:54:48 PM PDT by No One Special
Nice tale, not sure I believe it. I’ve had sit-down dinners for well over 100 people at my home, numerous times, in a state much more fascistic than Nevada. Some catered, some byo. Never did any govt official say boo about the quality of the chow.
Or handcuff her to the table, take her cell phone, and put a plate in front of her. If the phone rings, tell them she's eating and she'll have to call them back after dinner.
Now about the little details...
“we were ordered to pour bleach on it”
I’m calling that BALONEY. They might have the authority to stop you from serving it to a large crowd, but they have none whatsoever to tell you to destroy it. It’s your property. Your stuff.
Or it’s your fantasy.
And if by some miracle it actually did happen, it’s because, as the writer claimed, “We complied...we complied...we complied.”
Personally, I think it’s far more likely they have -—
lied, lied, lied.
“Again, a call to Susan and another negative response. Okay, so let me get this right. So the food that was raised here on our farm and selected and gathered from familiar local sources, cooked and prepared with skill and love was even unfit to feed to my pigs!?! Who gave them the right to tell me what I feed my animals?”
Must have something to do with the Commerce Clause — Wickard or something like that.
I’ve been to the link, and see nothing inherently “liberal” about it. It’s a CSA farm, which is a politically-neutral (and capitalist) agricultural model. I’m a member of a local CSA myself, purely because I like getting cheap, good produce - certainly not for any political reasons.
Oh, then never mind.
[ Imagine what a sympahetic Hollywood could do with your scenario. :-) ]
You are assuming the “rebels” in Hollywood had something called a “spine”....
It is easy to rail against a system that doesn’t kill dissidents....
What, exactly, is so "liberal" about a CSA?
I wish them luck. I see from the website they got smart about the Food to Fork dinners: “Members Only.”
The State is Mother, The State is Father, the State is provider of all.
(That’s Farm to Fork. Getting late in the afternoon here)
You could very well be right. This is why we need real reporters who are HONEST and want to get the truth out.
[ According to the website of this very liberal outfit named “Quail Hollow Farm,”
1) What makes you think this farm is a “very liberal outfit”?
2) Even if they are, who cares? We shouldn’t be picking and choosing which government intrusions to oppose, based on whose rights are intruded upon. ]
Voluntary Socialism is a Beautiful and very nice heartwarming thing...
It is when you start putting the government boot of forced coercion behind it and make it involuntary in that it ruins lives.
Quail Hollow Farm owners, Monte and Laura Bledsoe met with Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) officials last week along with Commissioner Tom Collins after a SNHD inspector threatened to shut down a Farm-to-Fork Dinner at the farm on Friday, October 21 because the meat for the dinner had not been USDA certified. The meeting, scheduled by Collins’ staff, was meant to resolve issues arising from the incident and avoid future problems.It appears to have really happened, and also appears to have been not nearly so surprising as this thread suggests.According to SNHD officials, the reason that the event had come to the attention of the SNHD in the first place was because it had been an advertised event and was open to the public as a paid dinner. If guests had not been paying for the dinner, it would not have come under the eyes of the district, officials said.
“If no money is exchanged, then there is no expectation of sanitation in Nevada,” stated SNHD official Susan LeBay at Wednesday’s meeting.
But LeBay said that, with appropriate lead time, district staff were willing to work with the Bledsoes to find a way to do what they wanted.
I do think government overregulates, but given the general nature of regulation, you can't run a public restaurant on your farm and not expect to have to follow the health department rules.
(That’s Farm to Fork. Getting late in the afternoon here)
When big government is involved it is “Fork to Thigh”
As in... “I must jab this fork into my leg s I don’t speak out against it and get sent to the Gulag. I just hope I have enough vodka left over from my drinking binge last night to disinfect the wound when I go back to the community shack on the collective farm...”
I’ve probably misjudged them. Whenever I trip over the word “sustainability” too many times, I tend to relate the writer to liberals. It would be a lot easier if liberals would simply self-identify honestly, and I didn’t have to parse everything to figure out where they’re coming from.
That, and I was teasing you when I said, “Never mind.” Awwww, never mind....
Step 1. Refuse to acknowledge the event is public.
Step 2. Refuse to purchase their stupid permit.
Step 3. The second someone claiming jurisdiction sets foot on your property demand to see a duly constituted Warrant of some kind.
If no Warrant is produced proceed to Step 4.
Step 4. Inform said gent of the State they are trespassing on private property and that force, including deadly force, will be used on them if they do not depart immediately.
Step 5. Escalate as necessary.
[ According to SNHD officials, the reason that the event had come to the attention of the SNHD in the first place was because it had been an advertised event and was open to the public as a paid dinner. If guests had not been paying for the dinner, it would not have come under the eyes of the district, officials said. ]
Technically that would shut down lemonade stands, church bazaar dinners(that you have to buy a raffle ticket to get into), those evil bake sales, etc...
You could even ague that a pot-luck dinner would apply too as you had to “barter your dish to be able to eat other dishes”
In cases of prostitution they have considered “barter” as a method of “payment” so why not consider a public pot-luck event as the same damned thing only worse because of all that “uncontrolled food” streaming in. (reason it is called pot-luck is “I hope I am Lucky and don’t get sick”)
God help anyone who opens a lemonade stand near a state border that requires people to give a cookie in exchange for lemonade.
[I do think government overregulates, but given the general nature of regulation, you can’t run a public restaurant on your farm and not expect to have to follow the health department rules.]
Did this happen every day? Every week? Or was it a periodic event happening say (3-4 times a year).
I would hate to think they could shut down a church fundraiser dinner that occurs once a month....
Growing up my parents took me to “Polka Dance” Once a month in Nebraska and to pay for the band they charged us an admission fee and drinks were provided. Technically the Nevada Health Depart could have shut them down for the EXACT same reasons.
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