It’s
hardly surprising that the Farm Bill passed this year by Congress
is a bloated and idiotic boondoggle. Baylen Linnekin is one of many
who’s written thousands of words on the topic. But lost perhaps
amidst the focus on Congress’s role in (mis)shaping American
agriculture are less newsworthy state laws that have similarly
nefarious impact on farmers and consumers alike. Take Georgia’s
Vidalia® Onion Committee (yes, “Vidalia® Onion” is a registered
trademark). That’s right. The state has a Vidalia® Onion Committee.
The stated role of the commission is “to jointly fund research and
promotional programs.” The committee has been in the new recently
thanks to a court case challenging rules it established that
mandate specific shipment and marketing dates for Vidalia
onions.
The existence of rules like those that handcuff many Georgia
Vidalia farmers aren’t new and are by no means restricted to
Georgia, warns Linnekin.
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