Editor:
I was frustrated to see that Paul Martiquet's recent article on food security (Coast Reporter, Sept. 17) mentioned absolutely nothing of local issues. The farmers on the ground are having a terrible problem with the continued disconnect between actual food issues and our governing bodies. We have problems with land costs, insurance fees, increasing regulation that does not actually add to our health and the exasperating meat laws that make full food production prohibitive.
The most recent insult to our food security was the almost blanket opinion of the Coast advisory planning commissions that our population not be allowed to own chickens. And this resulted in hardly a ripple in our community.
Although many of the Coast's kindly farmers may disagree with me, I am truly sick of the barriers to food security, and I have this to say - if things go quickly wrong on the Coast and there is no access to transported food supplies, I hope farmers continue to feed those who have been supporting them through thick and thin, and the rest of the population can eat cedar bark and rocks, for all I care.
I don't think farmers should have to turn around and feed the unsupportive and downright obstructive. There won't be enough for all of us. The gloves are off.
Robin Wheeler
Roberts Creek
