HR 875 and the Criminalization of the Backyard Gardener

[burgundia]

Originally Posted by Egg

Food can only be produced by certified peoples - after 2011 it becomes a criminal offence under EU law to do otherwise.

http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200812/146306914.pdf

A PDF for the whole GAIN file.

Even backyard gardening will be outlawed? it's hard for me to see that coming as so many people in Poland have gardens where they grow fruit and vegetables for their own use, especially people who are retired. So far it's been done more for pleasure than out of a real need,it's been a tradition in former communist ( although I am not sure that this is an appropriate term) countries to pass the time in this way.