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From Kerry McDonald:

....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.

That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.

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.

"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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> 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...

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.


songbird

On 9/27/2019 5:24 PM, songbird wrote:
> 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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> songbird
>

If they want to use it as a fund raising thing just put a donation box.
Those that can afford will drop a couple of bucks in the box. Those
that can't get food and the school give a good lesson in community
service.

Could be a win-win

On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 11:09:24 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> 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.
>
> That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.
>
> 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.
>
> "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...

Be afraid, be very afraid. We must be forever on the lookout for the dark whatever. Let us all pray so that we may be delivered from whatever.

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:09:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

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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.

What a wonderful idea.

>That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.

Ah, yes. That would bring joy to people's lives. Can't have that.
Initiate Western 'democracy' protocols...

>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.
>
>"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...

Uh-huh. Typical American/Australian/British government mentality,
right there. Can't have 'whatever' - an euphemism for joy and
community happiness and harmony.

On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:24:49 -0400, songbird >
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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.
>>
>> 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.

They'd have a problem with that as well. You can count on it.

On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 05:56:56 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:

>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:
>>>
>>> ...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.
>>>
>>> That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "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...
>>
>> 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.
>
>They'd have a problem with that as well. You can count on it.

They'd choke on a bit of your tomato and the relatives will sue you.

On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 05:56:31 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 14:09:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
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>>
>>http://www.advicegoddess.com/archive....html#comments
>>
>>From Kerry McDonald:
>>
>>...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.
>
>What a wonderful idea.
>
>>That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.
>
>Ah, yes. That would bring joy to people's lives. Can't have that.
>Initiate Western 'democracy' protocols...
>
>>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.
>>
>>"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...
>
>Uh-huh. Typical American/Australian/British government mentality,
>right there. Can't have 'whatever' - an euphemism for joy and
>community happiness and harmony.

Lol, I almost had to puke.

Anyway, without some regulation and some government, the biggest bully
will be running and controlling that oh so joyous community. No,
thanks.

On 9/27/2019 5:09 PM, wrote:
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> http://www.advicegoddess.com/archive....html#comments
>
> From Kerry McDonald:
>
> ...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.
>
> That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.
>
> 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.
>
> "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...
>
Zoning is always problematic. The real problem is someone [politicians]
wasn't seeing a profit from the school gardens so they used silly zoning
regulations to shut it down. It's a shame, really. Teaching children
how to grow and sell vegetables and help the community, dang. No good
can come of that! (Please note my sarcasm.)

Jill

On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 6:46:48 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 9/27/2019 5:09 PM, wrote:
> >
> > http://www.advicegoddess.com/archive....html#comments
> >
> > From Kerry McDonald:
> >
> > ...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.
> >
> > That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last month for zoning violations.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > "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...
> >
> Zoning is always problematic. The real problem is someone [politicians]
> wasn't seeing a profit from the school gardens so they used silly zoning
> regulations to shut it down. It's a shame, really. Teaching children
> how to grow and sell vegetables and help the community, dang. No good
> can come of that! (Please note my sarcasm.)
>
> Jill

Too obtuse! The problem is politicians.

John Kuthe...

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:24:49 -0400, songbird >
> wrote:
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wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.advicegoddess.com/archive....html#comments
>>>
>>> From Kerry McDonald:
>>>
>>> ...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.
>>>
>>> That is, until the city shut down the bi-monthly farm stand program last
>>> month for zoning violations.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "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...
>>
>> 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.
>
> They'd have a problem with that as well. You can count on it.

You know they would!

Jeßus wrote:
....give it away...
> They'd have a problem with that as well. You can count on it.

no market, no gathering, no way they can prevent you
from giving boxes of produce to whoever wants them.

that would put at risk every zuchini grower in the
country...


songbird