if we want to encourage people to produce their own food, here’s a great idea: tax breaks for gardeners!
It’s the idea of Maine gardener and sustainability advocate Roger Doiron. He says:
There are different breaks that local, state and federal governments could offer home gardeners. Sales taxes on seeds, seedlings, fruit bushes and trees could be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tax’
- tax breaks for gardeners! Yeah!
Posted in economics, food, gardening, policy, tagged fiscal policy, food security, gardening, super-micro farming, tax on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
against golf — a trend that’s growing
Posted in leisure, tagged America, fiscal policy, golf, leisure, pollution, tax, water on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s always struck us EarthQuakers as odd that golfers have long been allowed to portray their sport as beneficial to the environment. Golf course owners are adept, for example, at receiving tax breaks, on the grounds that they protect ‘green’ space.
For sure, the first golf courses were relatively low impact. They were [...]
