07.02.13 Patty, you've pulled me out of lurk-dom on this one. Yes, they're doing this in a good number of places, as has been shown by the publications articles searches I've had on the topic of community gardens. In my own experience, I've wanted to start a little bicycle cart business in Baltimore County, and you wouldn't believe the bureaucratic chain of people I went through to find out that there really are no laws on the books for bicycle businesses. But, the end all of conversations with County and State Gov was that I'd need to photograph the cart, the bike and myself, no woody ornamentals, and apply yearly for a Huckster's license and follow by those rules. Anyhow, my husband had this to say about your information.. "They used to grow food in Kansas, Now they want to grow it on the moon and eat it raw. I can see the day coming when Even your own backyard garden is going to be against the law". - Bob Dylan "Union Sundown" Wanda Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland
________________________________ From: Fresh Baked <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 1, 2013 7:32 AM Subject: [Community_garden] Donations almost made illegal in my city--stay alert in yours Hi, all. Just wanted to remind you to stay on top of any zoning ordinance rewrites or changes happening in your city. The draft circulating in my city included a section that literally made donating crops from community gardens illegal if the gardens are located in parts of the city that don't allow commercial activity (in my city, that would be include just about all the parks, churches, and schools). If some of us hadn't noticed this detail and spoken up about it, this would have been the law. We have a large community garden, a robust food pantry garden, and numerous school gardens that donate to those in need that would have been directly affected. Here's my short post about it, if you find this helpful: http://www.foodshedplanet.com/2013/07/breaking-news-donating-fresh-grown-food.html Learning as I grow, Pattie _______________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20130702/7d83a5df/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
