LOL...JST CAN'T MAKE THIS SHEET UP..Community Outraged After City Shuts Down Farm-Stand Run By Preschoolers
Authored by Kerry McDonald via The Foundation for Economic Education,
It’s like something out of The Onion: city manager shuts down preschool farm stand out of fear that, if allowed, “we could end up with one on every corner.”
Farm Stand Shut Down
Alas, this is not satire. 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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