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Eat free or die

Feeling fenced in, small farms claim the right to grow and sell their products outside regulatory bounds

By Alex Beam

 |  Globe Columnist  

  February 07, 2012

Have you heard of the “food sovereignty’’ movement, sometimes called the “food rights’’ campaign? Its proponents, mainly small, independent farmers and their clientele, not unreasonably want to eat and sell the food they grow free from interference from state and federal regulators. They like to compare themselves to the civil rights crusaders of the 1960s. I’d call that a stretch, but you can make your own conclusions.

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