It is official, a rooster by-law will be a warrant article (assuming selectmen approve warrant) for the special town meeting on November 2, 2022. Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. in NRSD middle school.

Town meeting warrant article # 5.

The warrant states this article is submitted by the select board for the board of health.

Templeton right to farm by-law states: Dispute resolution will be the responsibility of the Select Board (Board), or its designee(s), until such time as an Agricultural Commission is formed by the Town and empowered to resolve disputes arising from this bylaw. State law shows farming or agriculture as

Section 1A. “Farming” or “agriculture” shall include farming in all of its branches and the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural, aquacultural, floricultural or horticultural commodities, the growing and harvesting of forest products upon forest land, the raising of livestock including horses, the keeping of horses as a commercial enterprise, the keeping and raising of poultry, swine, cattle and other domesticated animals used for food purposes, bees, fur-bearing animals, and any forestry or lumbering operations, performed by a farmer, who is hereby defined as one engaged in agriculture or farming as herein defined, or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparations for market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market.

So, seems clear the Templeton agricultural commission was/is only interested in having some signs and that the town, as in residents, provide them free advertising space. I hope town meeting votes this down and tells the ag comm. to do their job! I hope residents realize that when you choose to live in a right to farm community, you understand there might be things going on protected by rules and rights under town by-laws.