DTube - Grow Food, Not Lawns! - Couple Fights For Right To Grow Their Own Food (Freedom Minute)
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Josh Sigurdson reports on a couple who've been growing their own food (half of their supply of food each year) on their front lawn for 17 years. Hermine Ricketts and her husband, Tom Carroll were handed a notice by their local government in Miami that they must dig up their garden. According to the code inspector from Miami Shores Village, they can only have short grass, sod or low growing plants. Not fruits and vegetables.
More useless absurd regulations.
They were told that they could grow it in their backyard, but when they had first moved into the house many years earlier, they attempted to grow their food in the back yard only to fail due to shade.
The couple has fought this in court for years now. On August 25th, 2016, Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge Monica Gordo ruled that prohibiting vegetable gardens in front yards doesn’t restrict anyone’s fundamental rights.
So according to Gordo, restricting one of the most fundamental right a human being intrinsically has, property rights is not a restriction of anyone's fundamental rights. Talk about crazy!
In November 2017, the Florida's Third District Court Of Appeal sided with Gordo.
So individuals who attempt to actually be independent and grow their own. People who don't depend on the government and banking system are told they do not have property rights? This is what we've come to folks. Nothing is sacred anymore.
Life, liberty and property mean the world to humanity and to take that away is to starve one of their very humanity.
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The government prohibits people from growing their own fruits it's because the corporation they are supporting will lose money, and that big corporation have only given the rights to grow their own food that has GMO that's already proven that could cause a cancer so that the health industry will make more money from it. it's business after all, and it's too big to fail, and it's too big to stop.
It's not just the government banning people from growing food, but also the people themselves who have little or no experience whatsoever to learn or willingness to do so. I grew up with parents who rather spend time working than grow their own food. To them, growing your own food meant poverty, aka farmers. Why spend time doing that that when you can just buy it? I'm quite the opposite. Very interested in growing food. I know it's going to be a learning curve, but I know it's that important!
Realestate for the win
Wow, this is absurd. The government forces people to do whatever they want. This is another reason why we need anarchy or less government. I think the whole we appoint the government so the people have power is the lie all Americans tell themselves. We didn't appoint the government to destroy our ability to plant gardens. Hundreds of millions of Americans are herded up like sheep by a small number of wolves (government officials, IRS, politicians, prosecutors) to manipulate and enforce their power through fear, force, and violence. I appreciate you uncovering these issues WAM. Keep it up!
Whats absurd! I thought that only strange thing happen in Poland.
its a bummer they try to stop you fro being self sustaining in their cities. smh
I'm just about to dig up part of my lawn to put in some cabbage, leek and kale. Less open space to look at but it will be better used and better for the environment. It's also better than paving over it.
Freedom is an illusion in America.
For example, a closely related topic is collecting rain water on your property. Let's say that you wanted to collect the rain that falls on your roof and store it in barrels so that you can later use it to water your lawn, plants, garden, etc. In most places, you would be breaking the law.
Most municipalities have ordinances, some even rising to the level of serious misdemeanors, for collecting rain water on your own property because they want to have it run into the municipal water system instead. This way, they can collect the water that falls on your property and then resell it back to you at a profit.
Freedom is an illusion.
wtf?!
Really a wealthy meterial,
I will promote your work .
My best wishes are with you.
There’s no point of home ownership if you can’t control what you put on it.
totally agree