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"An Unruly Proliferation Of Fresh Produce"
"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:24:49 -0400, songbird >
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wrote:
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>>> http://www.advicegoddess.com/archive....html#comments
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>>> From Kerry McDonald:
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>>> ...It's the current predicament facing the Little Ones Learning Center
>>> in Forest Park, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. In an area where
>>> access to fresh fruits and vegetables can be limited, this preschool has
>>> stepped up to prioritize growing and selling fresh produce from its
>>> school gardens. According to recent reporting in the Atlanta
>>> Journal-Constitution, Little Ones has often sold its produce with
>>> generous discounts to local food stamp recipients and other neighbors
>>> and has been acknowledged as a leader in the farm-to-school healthy food
>>> movement.
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>>> That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last
>>> month for zoning violations.
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>>> Despite protests from community members, city officials are holding firm
>>> to their stance that allowing one farm stand could lead to an unruly
>>> proliferation of fresh produce.
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>>> "Anywhere you live, you've got to have rules and regulations," Forest
>>> Park City Manager Angela Redding said. "Otherwise, you would just have
>>> whatever," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported...
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>> just give it all away. that is what we do with most of it
>>that we grow here and that saves a lot of non-sense.
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> They'd have a problem with that as well. You can count on it.
You know they would!
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