By The Blogging Hounds
In a deeply disturbing blow to traditional agriculture and individual liberty, the Vermont Supreme Court has effectively ruled that there is no fundamental right to grow food on your own land — unless it conforms to arbitrary and often anti-rural zoning regulations. This seismic decision, rendered in May 2025, has upended long-held right-to-farm protections and opened the floodgates for municipalities to crush homesteaders, family farms, and regenerative agriculture in favor of elite-friendly “aesthetic zoning.”
Small farmers in Vermont — once the proud backbone of the state’s economy and culture — are now finding themselves in legal peril as city-centric bureaucrats and gentrifying transplants re-engineer rural America in their own image.
From Farm Fields to Legal Battlefields
Three cases form the backbone of this unfolding war on agriculture:
- A duck and cannabis grower in Essex Junction is being threatened for not matching the town’s “planned vision.”
- A livestock farmer in Barton faces eviction pressure due to “incompatible land use.”
- A 600-acre legacy farm in Hartland is under fire for attempting to build a farmstand — a move now labeled as a “commercial expansion” by zoning boards.
Each of these cases shows a disturbing trend: municipalities are being given legal cover to override long-standing right-to-farm protections, especially if the farm in question is small, independent, or not tied into the political machinery of Big Ag.
The Supreme Court’s ruling clarified that local zoning may supersede state-level right-to-farm laws unless a farm’s practices are explicitly tied to state-mandated Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs). The problem? RAPs are difficult to navigate, highly bureaucratic, and favor industrial farms.
The Rise of Aesthetic Tyranny and Urban Infiltration
At the heart of these rulings lies a dangerous new ideology: aesthetic zoning by elitist outsiders, who are transforming Vermont’s working landscape into a “boutique experience” for tourists and wealthy residents — while criminalizing the everyday work of growing food and raising animals.
“What we are witnessing,” warned the host of As A Man Thinketh on Yanasa TV, “is the cultural war against self-reliance and traditional agriculture.”
Wealthy urbanites, many of whom moved to Vermont post-COVID, are driving zoning boards with their upscale tastes and zero tolerance for “unpleasant” farming activities — like roosters crowing, manure spreading, or the occasional farm equipment on backroads.
Traditional farmers are now being told to submit, conform, or shut down — while developers and hobbyist vineyards with the right connections are given a free pass.
Legal Loopholes and the Disappearing Agrarian Class
The Vermont ruling leans heavily on obscure legal doctrines like “non-conforming use” and “laches” — tools originally meant to protect landowners, but now used selectively against those who cannot afford to fight.
- Non-conforming use: allows farms to continue operating if they predate current zoning, but only if they haven’t changed “too much.”
- Laches: punishes farmers for failing to assert their rights soon enough — effectively rewarding government foot-dragging.
If you’re a big commercial farm with a legal team? You’re safe. If you’re a small regenerative homestead trying to grow heirloom vegetables or raise clean eggs? You’re in the crosshairs.
The end result? A growing consolidation of land and food production into fewer, more politically connected hands — while those who value soil, freedom, and stewardship are driven out.
Globalist Agenda in Plain Sight: You Will Own Nothing, and You Will Not Farm
This ruling cannot be viewed in isolation. It is part of the larger, globalist plan to control land, food, and human autonomy. Consider:
- The UN’s Agenda 2030 calls for “land rewilding” and reduced human impact in rural areas.
- WEF-backed think tanks advocate “vertical farms,” lab-grown meat, and the end of traditional agriculture.
- Bill Gates and other elites are now among the top private farmland owners in America.
The Vermont ruling essentially gives local governments the power to act as enforcers for these agendas — weaponizing zoning boards against independent food production under the guise of “community planning.”
This is decentralized tyranny, and it’s coming for every farm that doesn’t comply.
Prophetic Insights: The War on Seed and Soil
From a biblical standpoint, this echoes Revelation 6, where economic scarcity and manipulated food systems lead to suffering. It also resonates with Micah 4:4, where each man sits under his own vine and fig tree — a picture of peace and godly provision. That vision is being replaced by a technocratic nightmare.
God created land and seed for stewardship, not for central banks and zoning boards to monopolize.
This isn’t just a political battle — it’s a spiritual one.
Where Do We Go From Here?
1. Know your local zoning board. These battles are now hyperlocal, and victory depends on showing up where it counts.
2. Get legal counsel. Learn about “non-conforming use,” agricultural easements, and RAP compliance before you’re blindsided.
3. Network. Build or join a homesteader or farmer protection coalition. There is strength in numbers and in knowledge.
4. Call out the agenda. This isn’t about roosters or buildings — it’s about who controls the land and the food.
BOTTOM LINE: The Right to Grow Food Is Now Conditional — and Being Erased
The Vermont Supreme Court just set a precedent that may soon spread to other states: You do not have an unconditional right to grow food.
This is an existential threat to America’s food sovereignty, family farming, and liberty itself. It’s also a glaring warning that the globalist agenda isn’t coming — it’s here.
Eyes open. Seeds planted. Speak up before it’s too late.
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