The Boondocks blog, No. 57 for the week starting February 24, 2008.
Proposed Regulation on the Importation of Cattle into New York
Suburban Sprawl the Death of Rural Life
Energy looks at high energy prices and our future.
Enviroman looks at man and the environment.
Hayseeds looks at politics and life in our nation.
Individual looks at myself and how I'm changing
Outblog is all about my outdoor experiences.
Transit looks at the changing ways we get around.
Truck gives you stories and trips in my Ford Ranger.
Looking through the Regulatory bulltin today, I noticed this proposed regulation:
Proposed Rule amending 1 NYCRR ยง53.3 to permit the importation of cattle from out of state without a certificate of veterinary inspection, if such cattle are moved directly to a specifically approved stockyard or slaughtering establishment. This would permit imported cattle to be aggregated at a segregated stockyard and inspected by a veterinarian at lower cost. Such cattle must be individually eartagged and must have originated in a state or zone that is known to be disease-free.
A public hearing is scheduled as follows: 10:30 am 3/11/08 Department HQ, Airline Drive, Albany
There is often little question that when people build their McMansions out in the country, and then complain about the neighbor's livestock, quads, guns, and burn barrels, then their is a death of freedom.
NPR has an interesting story about this in the Reno area, called A Donkey's Tale: When Urban Sprawl Encroaches, which talks about people having to give up their stock when neighbors sue them for a nuisance.
It's sad, and says something about our tolerance of people different then ourselves—be if we are plastic suburbanites, or real country people.
Every couple of weeks I go to the farmers market and purchase potatoes. They are $5 for a 5/lb bag, and while more expensive then what you get from the store, they are good tasting.
Potato pancakes, baked potatoes, hash browns, and so many other things one can make so deliciously in minutes by chopping up, microwaving, frying, or baking potatoes. Then there are sweet potato fries—those are particularly yummy!
Now their is an initiative to promote potato farming and the purchase of local potatoes underway in our state.
According to Cornell officials, there are approximately 200 commercial-scale potato farms operating in New York state with about 20,000 acres in potato production. Cornell estimates that state potato growers sell $60 million to $70 million worth of potatoes each year.
So there are a lot of potatoes grown in our state, even if it doesn't get a lot of media attention.
