[From the article:] | The Buckeye Institute argues the right to buy food directly from | local farmers, distribute locally grown food to neighbors, and | pool resources to purchase food in bulk are rights that do not | require a license.
The natural rights argument is an interesting one. Many years ago I read a great book called The Forgotten Ninth Amendment that goes into this in detail. I see now that a recent reprint is available on Amazon, but at 70 bucks for just over 200 pages, I'd recommend looking around for a library copy. The ninth amendment (part of the Bill of Rights) consists of just one sentence: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." There's been a lot of argument over what this means; you can find out more than you want to know by googling "ninth amendment." But it's always seemed to me that if there are any natural rights, then growing what you want and distributing it as you like must be among them. Jon _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
