Saturday, April 14, 2012

What country do we live in were we cannot raise our own food and consume it?

Not Free to Eat Healthy:

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Not Free to Eat Healthy

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By ibbarkingmad

The Face of Soulless Bureaucracy

Mary Oaks, representative of Southern Nevada Health District. The face of soulless bureaucracy. In response to an attempt to interview her, her response was "That is all the information you need. I do have a personal life."
Mary Oaks, representative of Southern Nevada Health District. The face of soulless bureaucracy. In response to an attempt to interview her, her response was "That is all the information you need. I do have a personal life."

To see footage of the event...

To view the videos including footage of inspector Mary Oaks, as well as interviews with guests of the Farm, please go to here.
I would embed the videos, but Hubpages does not support this particular website. If you can watch youtube videos you can view these videos.
Laura Bledsoe, founder of Quail Hollow Farm.
Laura Bledsoe, founder of Quail Hollow Farm.

Byan Hyde talks about bureaucracy using this event as an example.

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The Story

On October 21st, 2011 the Southern Nevada Health District raided a co-operative farm called the Quail Hollow Farm, started by the Bledsoe family, for "health code violations." because of a gathering for a meal. The Bledsoe's went to every effort prior to this "raid" to ensure that the food served was in accordance to health codes going so far as to hire a profession chef who prepared the food in a certified kitchen and then served it out of a certified food service trailer.
Despite these steps taken, an over zelious and rude agent of the Southern Nevada Health District stormed into the gather and force the farmers to throw out hundreds of dollars of wholesome food because it was not USDA certified. The meat in question was farm raised with no exposure to artificial hormones. This food is some that I have had the pleasure to enjoy on several occasions as I was roommates with the Bledsoe's son as well as having married a neighbor and friend of theirs, my lovely wife Ann.
Being law abiding citizens, the Bledsoes complied with the forceful demands and would not serve the food. They ask if they could save it to be served to their family. The response was a resounding no. So they asked if they could feed it to their pigs so it would not go to waste. The response was again no. In fact, they were ordered to dump the food and pour bleach over it. This would result in food that was once good becoming toxic. This same food would be sent to a land fill where the toxic chemicals would leach into water supplies and scavengers would each the now poisonous food causing further environmental harm.
During several occasions with the interaction with this agent of the Southern Nevada Health District the farmers were threatened with calls to law enforcement if they did not comply despite the fact that their appeals to reason and requests for alternative actions were presented in a calm and reasoning manner. Fortunately, this rabid agent of the Southern Nevada Health District was caught on video as well as having many witnesses to this farce of law and justice.
What country do we live in were we cannot raise our own food and consume it? Is this a dictatorship? Is this the communist block? Must we eat food that is force fed chemicals and processed to the nth degree? Well, this is my call to action. If you are outraged by this please flood the Southern Nevada Health District with letter, emails and phone calls. Please support the Farm-to-Consumer Defense Fund, which is working to help the Quail Hollow Farm.
Southern Nevada Health District
P.O. Box 3902
Las Vegas, NV 89127

Monday - Friday
8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (702) 759-1000
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