Here's another one, which fits with the liberal position about favoring small farmers, etc.. (Yes, you can take the "etc." as indicating I've some reservations about the food movement.) Better yet, it's an opportunity for a bipartisan play, as deregulation will appeal to the Republicans.
I've mentioned Walt Jeffries in this blog before. He used to post regularly at Sugar Mountain blog. It may be now that he's switched to Facebook. He and his family built their own butcher shop over a period of years, which was documented at the blog. Had to go through the Vermont and USDA inspection and licensing process, which took a while but, somewhat surprisingly since he tends to the libertarian, which seemed to go relatively smoothly.
Meanwhile the Foothill Agrarian, a California sheepgrower, has lost the butcher which used to process his lambs (as opposed to buying the lambs--the distinction is important). His post here describes the problem.
I commented on the post with some questions, but it seems to me both Democrats and Republicans could agree on carving out exceptions to national or state regulations to ease the problem for local butchers.
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