“Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live.” - Paul Weyrich

Must be why this man is being fought every step of the way and why he wrote the book, "Everything I Want to Do is Illegal" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/096...=1&*entries*=0

Polyface Farms

The most fundamental control people should have is the ability to self-sustain locally. This speaks directly to the OP; the desire to control a populace ultimately means usurping man's inherent right and ability to grow food, raise crops and/or tend animals, or to support local farmers who serve a community's needs to that end.