The Vermont Legislature is bound not only by its duty to the people that they pledge to represent, but by the Vermont Constitution… to nullify federal interference in the freedom of Vermonters. This includes our freedom to grow the crops that we wish, where and when we wish, to distribute, process our food and to educate others in the wisdom and skills of local food.
While the tax rate for each bracket goes down, many tax payers will move up to the next tax bracket due to the switch from TI to AGI, effectively increasing the tax burden. If you’re middle class like my family, you and I are both struggling to make ends meet. We can’t afford a [...]
Why should Vermonters care about food sovereignty? Don’t we do what we wanna – trade seeds, plant gardens, drink raw milk, butcher our farm animals and wild-caught game? We all have to eat – but that’s where the federal government is now stepping in. What Vermonters do is not good enough; it’s not part of a system.
The solution to the ‘business problem’ posed by VT Yankee defenders, is clear. Collect the tax on the surface water used by TransCanada on Vermont’s dams to produce power for Massachusetts. Eliminate all regulatory barriers to local energy development. Collect the unpaid $7.6 million yearly tax on Entergy’s use of surface water for cooling.
Organizing a community seed swap is an easy and rewarding way to meet new people and expand the cultural and genetic diversity of your community.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, has suspended plans to extend the life of Germany’s nuclear power plants, in response to the situation in Japan. Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont has the same power to act. Or fail to act.
The Senate Education committee wants some kind of process for assuring that progress is being made for each homeschooled child. The current assessment process is already guaranteed by statue and is sufficient. The public school system and homeschooling are two very different models of education. They should not be treated the same.