Tell us how you really feel there Storm Rider !! :heh:
We have the same problem here from a dictatorship of Nanaimo for ALR rural farm.. when my taxes jump 50% , farm food production went down. NO way can I spend coin on a maybe money maker. So since we smaller farms of less than a cut size , we don't get any tax breaks . Egg producers in Vancouver that put out over a Bill/year of eggs get the stamp . Were saddled with squat .. So no more duck eggs etc. and if the eggs are sold large brown in 12 of free run ( run where ??) of 4.50-4.99 then the stamp seller is making money cuz his cost is 3.90-4.20 /12 , ours in free range / grass /grain NO GMO corn with growers protean added (see the size of folks now ) cost 5.20-6.00/12 .. It's the cost of food and water , and my 50 cents per week..
This is NOT going to end well .. Village weed pickers make 28.50 per hr after a year with full benny's . Trade folk don't do that well after schooling ..
We have many local farms up for sale , short minded stupid Socialist twat's don't see that killing small local farms and then rezoning for house developments , using more water (when restrictions are huge now) and plowing AGG under pavement for tax $$$ coming in .. Total IDIOTS !!
Small farm just sold 100 A / 2.2 Mil , set for 80 homes at tax per home 1800.00 over what was 3400.00 in ALR , grew grains / pork/bird/beef/ grass/hay ..
Island has 3 days max of food if a shaker / what ever hits us ..
Rant over
VT