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Environmental stuff

recent Maine pesticide news. Adam and I were talking about the benefits of eating local food, and one of them was that you have more control over how your food is grown--not only is it easier to find out where it comes from and whether the source is organic/non organic and family/small business/corporate, but you have more control over environmental regulations around farming. State, county, and town level pesticide, waste (dead animals, manure, burning of crop waste), and labor codes are all much more accessible to an activist resident than to 3000 miles distant consumer.