Coming for your food in utah

Guess this is part of the agenda 21 plan,Get the food so they have control.



The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is promoting the Utah Garden Challenge in order to collect information about independent food production for the USDA.

The Utah Garden Challenge is a voluntary contest to register 10,000 gardens. The data mining project has a broad interest in any "resource" who is growing food:

Whether you grow a tomato in a pot, a row in a community garden, have backyard gardens, a CSA or working fruit and vegetable farm, we want to hear from you because you are an important resource as a food producer.

While the contest paints a proud face on independent food production, it is important to remember that registering with the government sets up a system to track, tax, permit or confiscate the registered item. Gun ownership is a good example of this scheme.

According to a pop-up window on the official website, participants' gardens will be registered with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS):

We need to know how much food is being produced in Utah. The Census of Agriculture is done every 5 years. Every agricultural operation in Utah, regardless of size, is vital to this question. If you produce $1000 of agricultural products, you can influence economic development and decision making by filling out a NASS survey. We will only share your information with NASS by your permission. Your response to the census of agriculture is protected by law. For more information, you can go to www.agcensus.gov.


In other words, people who produce $1000 or more worth of food have an impact on the food market, and the USDA wants to know about what you are doing in your backyard.

Victory gardens in America produced up to 40% of all vegetables consumed during World War II, with over 20 millon home gardens and community plots that produced over 9 million tons of food.

The USDA is notorious for its corrupt partnerships and revolving door business relationships with big commercial agriculture.

Government Crackdowns & Food Control

Food is under attack because if you can grow your own food, have access to water and shelter, then what use do you have for a government master?

The federal government has profoundly overstepped its constitutional authority on all fronts, and there are a number of examples of the USDA's outrageous control over food that include SWAT team raids on raw milk sellers and fruit tree confiscation.

The Food Safety Modernization Act expanded the power of the FDA and its sister agency, the USDA. The law is bad for many reasons and is an overwhelming burden on small and independent farmers due to over-regulation and increase in paperwork and reporting.

Additionally, the FBI identifies people who store food as potential terrorists!

Why Is Utah A Threat?

1. A few months ago Utah voted down a Food Freedom Bill that would have made it a crime for anyone, including Utah state agents, to enforce the Food Safety Modernization Act's unconstitutional mandates. It would have made farmers who trade only inside of state lines exempt. The bill was a direct constitutional challenge to federal overreach.

2. Highland City, Utah passed a Food Freedom ordinance that exempts residents from federal regulations on food that is produced, exchanged and consumed within city limits (state laws still apply).

3. Utah has the largest concentration of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) who have an official policy of food storage, currently set at a 1-year minimum supply. This may be construed as a threat by the FBI, especially since a 1-year supply of food can cost as little as $225.

Conclusion

Survivalist.com points out that the Utah Garden Challenge is linked to the United Nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development plan for totalitarian control.

The Utah Garden Challenge is enticing Utahans with meager prizes (a 1-in-1000 chance of winning a giftcard or free restaurant dinner) to register their gardens and subject themselves to invasive government data mining. But is your food independence worth it?

I guess next they will be coming for my Bunnies.....I don't think so!

8 for the freezer

I got started to late with breeding rabbits this year because of too much going on at work and the summer snunk up on me,but i harvested 8 nice size bunnies that I haven't had a chance to butcher.My goal was to have about 40 or 50 in the freezer for hurricane season but that's not gonna happen,It's been to damm hot and I don't want to put my girls through that in this heat.I still have another 1/2 dozen to do in a few weeks so I guess that will have to do till the fall,them I'll get those girls humping!!
I left one out on the side that I will try and eat this weekend.If things get tough There's always the chickens.....

Helping out friends

I don't have enough time to do my own chores around the house but I've been busy nonstop since sat morning.Wake up at 4 am drive 50 miles put in 9 hours,drive back ,Pick up my tool pouch and drive another 20 miles away to help out a close buddy that had a lightning strike,It knocked out his stove, a/c,TV's, Internet .He was sitting dead in the water and he has his 84 year old granny at his place as well. Went thru his whole house panel & outlets.Could not save the stove but got everything else back on,he was lucky.Got home around midnight. Woke and up went to the store for supplies,I was gonna butcher some rabbits but the rain came so I spent the evening reinstalling windows on another buddy's computer.Too late to fool with the rabbits today so I'll have to get started on them tomorrow.I'll be happy when those 13 are in the freezer ,Those lil suckers are eating too much!! I'm not bitchin ,just not enough time in the day.I've only got to see my new grandson ! time since he was born last week ,but that will change this week,unless of course tshtf at work and I get hung up there late.Well I guess you have to play the cards that you are dealt.

a helpful video if get in a jam fishing

A good video on footwear from ferfal

Still plugging away at prepping and being self sustained

Well It's been a rough time around here for me health wise,3 weeks ago I turned up with strepp throat ,after about 2 weeks of antibiotics and gargling with salt water I had that whipped then I got a ear infection,one of the most painful things I've ever had.Went to the Doc today and she said the ear canal was infected. She gave me a new scrip and I'm sayin extra prayers that it works it's magic soon.
Meanwhile the chores go on,One of my younger does had a 6 kit litter....yea baby, And a older doe is due any day.The last litter is 8 weeks old and I figure by the time I get these new ones weaned it's butchering time for the 9 in the rabbit condo.So 15 so far and I figure i should get at least another half dozen from the doe ready to drop so my Rabbit stash is coming along nicely,just in time for hurricane season.
I've also been lucky enough for a friend of mine to let me go fishing at his family's private ponds and have caught quite a nice stash of white perch and brim. Since the BP spill I wont eat anything from saltwater.It's a damm shame I'm surrounded by water with some of the best fishing in the world and Man has it contaminated.I have too many problems now to take a chance on tainted fish. At least my freezers are getting quite full and I haven't been going to the store for any meat in quite some time. I need the break as my pockets are almost empty from the Doctors fees.
Also was lucky enough to get a deer this winter so I'm pretty good to go.plenty of sausage and roast.
The garden is starting to produce a little but I must admit I'm disappointed in production because we haven't put the time into it we should have.It seems we have too much going on,not enough time or money to do it right.
We did get a new chicken area built.12x12 all wired in with a 12 ft ceiling.We converted half of the old green house into this area and now I have a hen house to build for the 10 chicks we purchased.I have a little time to get it done because they are still young but plan on getting it done in the next 2 weeks.
I hope everyone else is on track cause I got a feeling we are due for some kind of storm this year,either from mother nature or our politicians.Good luck to all and stay focused on your preps.....

Staying cool this summer

Now is the time of year to take a little time to do a little preventive maintenance on your a/c if you want to avoid sweating and being at the mercy of a repairman and his costly repair bill. 75% of the time the unit is just dirty.One of the biggest and easiest ways to get efficiency is to clean the condenser coil. Turn off the power source to the outside unit & hose out the coil.Be careful not to bend the fins with excessive nozzle pressure ..If you know someone in the business get some foaming coil cleaner,this really get's it deep down clean.Goggles and gloves are necessary because the foaming type contains acid. Coils must be rinsed off good to prevent corrosion.While your at it remove the cover to the control panel and just look carefully for sign's of burnt connections,very common as a unit get older. A burnt off wire will shut u down and remember these bandits are getting a 100 bucks to show up & they will always try and sell you something. Ask for any parts that need to be replaced, they will think twice if they think u have someone to consult with.I'm not saying that all serviceman are dishonest, but 60% are bandits, no doubt about it.I've been in the business for 30+ years and I know what I'm talking about. Also make sure your inside filter is changed regularly.30 days tops sooner if you are in a dusty area. While your at it clean the coils on your refrigerator,Dirty coils make the machine inefficient and use considerable more power,witch means more money out of your pocket.Get to it ,save some money & and enjoy your cool environment!!