MIAMI – In a blow to freedom and property rights, a Florida judge has ruled that residents of Miami Shores do not have a fundamental right to grow vegetables in their front yard, even if they don’t have a ...
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Are Gardens Being Outlawed In America? (Radio guest attorney Ari Bargel)
Imagine meticulously tending to your garden each year, for 17 years, and then having a city official knock on your door and demand you uproot all your plants – or face a $50-a-day fine. That is exactly what happened to ...
Read More »City Forces Couple To Uproot 17-Year-Old Organic Garden
A city government in Florida has used a zoning ordinance to force a couple to remove their organic vegetable garden – one that they’ve had for 17 years. Hermine Ricketts and her husband Tom Carroll had to tear out the ...
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