Eight of the former farmer-elected directors of the Canadian Wheat Board were in court this week, seeking to stop any further implementation of Bill C-18.

In the face of protest from grain producers and a Federal Court decision criticizing the way the government had ignored parts of the Canadian Wheat Board Act, Bill C-18 became law on Dec. 15, 2011. The bill effectively ended the CWB's "single-desk" system, meaning farmers can sell their own wheat without going through the Wheat Board. Bill C-18 also meant dismissal of the 10 producer-elected members of the CWB, leaving the five government-appointed members in charge of the organization.

I'm thinking of the Occupy movement, knowing it's getting on time for me to feed the chickens. I think of making a funny, political tweet to stand as a closure to my day:

"About to go Occupy the chicken coop."

But, thankfully I refrain and leave myself to contemplate an intersection between the Occupy movement and farming.

At first I feel a little guilty that I haven't joined in. I haven't gone to a rally nor re-posted any cool links to great Occupy videos. Heck, I haven't even watched most of them. And this makes me feel a little lousy because I get the movement and do believe in it. I certainly have a nostalgia for the person I was in the past who had always been on the frontlines of mass protest movements.