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No front yard veggies in Falcon Heights this year, city leaders tell resident - StarTribune.com
Welcome to the leftist regulatory state, where it's illegal to grow food on your own property without government permission.
Falcon Heights homeowner Quentin Nguyen had dreams of cultivating a large garden in his front yard, one where neighbors could grow vegetables and build community spirit.
But just days after he tore out the turf on the street side of his two-thirds-acre lot, he got a letter from a Falcon Heights city official saying that the City Council had just prohibited vegetable gardens in front yards. His project needed to stop.
"Who in the world would think that to grow food in your own yard you needed permission?" Nguyen, 24, said Wednesday. "Especially with the pandemic, we all realize how dependent we are on the market for food."
The Falcon Heights council passed an interim ordinance last week barring such front yard gardens for up to a year, to give city staffers time to "research garden standards in other communities and provide information regarding official controls." City Administrator Sack Thongvanh told the council
Welcome to the leftist regulatory state, where it's illegal to grow food on your own property without government permission.