No one will likely argue whether times are tough, but there are new community friendly job opportunities in the areas of food production, high tech and possibly energy coming to our county in the very near future. After attending a local “food rights” town hall meeting in Nevada City and later a more formal presentation at Lundberg Farms (near Oroville), I became aware of a very strong community interest in the “food freedom” movement, a loose affiliation of farmers and consumers whose goal was to reduce regulatory oversight of food production and sales. Through these folks, I learned of Assembly …













