Growing Your Own Food at Home is now illegal!

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Disturbing new trend is emerging where people who try and live a sustainable life by growing their own food and harvesting their own energy from the sun and water from rain are now being raided by swat teams and in some cases thrown in jail.



They?ve just gotten to be big bullies and if you just lay over and die and give up, that just makes them bigger bullies.?

?We as Americans, we need to stand on our constitutional rights, on our rights as citizens and hang tough. This is a good country, we?ll prevail,? he said.

The State of Michigan just made it illegal for residents to grow their own food and keep their own livestock at home. If you live in Michigan where there are 13 other homes within an eight of a mile to your house you may not keep chickens, beehives, grow your own food or even a goat or two.

This is an all out war on self sufficiency. You?d think that the government would encourage it?s citizens to be more self sufficient like they do in Switzerland and other countries.

http://www.lifeintheknow.com/do-not-even-try-and-grow-your-own-food-at-home-it-is-now-illegal/

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"Man goes to prison for collecting rainwater"

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It's one of those nonsense articles that goes viral on the internet. (and it's five months old.)

The legislation is designed to stop farming and livestock rearing in residential areas. Growing some food for your own consumption or keeping a few chickens is not a problem providing they don't annoy the neighbours.