INTERVIEW — MARTHA BONETA – Virginia Farmer, a farmer at Liberty Farm in Paris, Virginia
- Virginia farmers rally against birthday party fine
- The 2016 Liberty Farm Festival is coming up on September 10th. Please join us for an afternoon of music, BBQ, local wines, farm goods, hay rides, pumpkin patch fun (including a pumpkin chucker), 9/11 & police tributes, silent auction, children’s face painting (and inflatables!), numerous vendors, and our Virginia republican November election candidates! LOCATED: Liberty Farm, 1037 Gap Run Rd, Paris, Virginia / https://libertyfarmfestival.com/
- One such farmer who outrageously faced up to $2 million in potential fines for hosting a birthday party on her own property appeared on “Fox & Friends” to share her predicament. “We were threatened with up to $15,000 a day in fines for engaging in farming and traditional family practices and activities and agri-tourism that family farmers have engaged in since forever,” explained Virginia farmer Martha Boneta. “We are witnessing a war against family farmers all over the country,” she added, saying her family was hit with zoning violations and told she must have a site plan and various permits. Boneta said “our farm was shut down when we were in full-on harvest,” adding that she never imagined her dream of being a farmer would include “miles and miles of red tape.”
