http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/25/paperwork/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Fri, 16 May 2008 03:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/25/paperwork/#comment-17135 Mike (tfb) Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:31:16 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/25/paperwork/#comment-17135 <b>Mountain Dweller:</b> So I've heard! My sister got married and moved to France around four years ago, and the layers of bureaucracy and miles of red tape seemed to put her mildly into shock! Here, growing on agriculturally-zoned land seems to be the last hold-out of relatively regulation-free living. IF you're just growing plants, and marketing fresh produce direct to customers, you basically don't have to do too much, compared to the rest of the business world. It's your right! Of course, once you start processing food, dealing at all with meat, dairy or eggs, re-selling other people's goods (like, even, selling local preserves on your farm stand), the regulations rain down on you. I'm tiny farming in a tiny free zone... :) Mountain Dweller: So I’ve heard! My sister got married and moved to France around four years ago, and the layers of bureaucracy and miles of red tape seemed to put her mildly into shock! Here, growing on agriculturally-zoned land seems to be the last hold-out of relatively regulation-free living. IF you’re just growing plants, and marketing fresh produce direct to customers, you basically don’t have to do too much, compared to the rest of the business world. It’s your right! Of course, once you start processing food, dealing at all with meat, dairy or eggs, re-selling other people’s goods (like, even, selling local preserves on your farm stand), the regulations rain down on you. I’m tiny farming in a tiny free zone… :)

]]> http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/25/paperwork/#comment-17108 Mountain Dweller Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:02:34 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/25/paperwork/#comment-17108 Lucky you to be able to "forget about" paperwork for most of the year. In France, filling in forms seems to be a national pastime! Lucky you to be able to “forget about” paperwork for most of the year. In France, filling in forms seems to be a national pastime!

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