Just 10 miles from the movement to farm the abandoned urban core of Urban Detroit, some suburban city planners still don't get it!
Oak Park Woman Faces 93-Days in Jail For Planting Vegetable Garden http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/julie-bass-of-oak-park-faces-misdemeanor-charge-for-vegetable-garden-20110630-wpms Lots of political action around this: Internet Buzz: Concept of Jail Time for Growing a Vegetable Garden http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/why-cant-i-grow-a-vegetable-garden-in-my-front-yard_20110712_dk Reminds me of some Home Owners Association CC&Rs in Hawai'i, where it was illegal to grow papayas on your own property! Deemed 'too messy', it shows how 'an unused resource is a pollutant'. JV John Valenzuela, Chairperson Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers http://www.crfg.org/ http://www.crfg.org/chapters/golden_gate/index.htm Cornucopia Kitchen Gardens and Food Forests John Valenzuela Permaculture Services Horticulturist, Consultant, Educator California, Hawai'i phone: (415) 246-8834 e-mail: [email protected] http://cornucopiafoodforest.wordpress.com
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