Just 10 miles from the movement to farm the abandoned urban core of Urban Detroit, some suburban city planners still don't get it!

Oak Park Woman Faces 93-Days in Jail For Planting Vegetable Garden
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/julie-bass-of-oak-park-faces-misdemeanor-charge-for-vegetable-garden-20110630-wpms

Lots of political action around this:

Internet Buzz: Concept of Jail Time for Growing a Vegetable Garden
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/why-cant-i-grow-a-vegetable-garden-in-my-front-yard_20110712_dk

Reminds me of some Home Owners Association CC&Rs in Hawai'i, where it was illegal to grow papayas on your own property!
Deemed 'too messy', it shows how 'an unused resource is a pollutant'.
JV

John Valenzuela, Chairperson

Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers
http://www.crfg.org/
http://www.crfg.org/chapters/golden_gate/index.htm

Cornucopia Kitchen Gardens and Food Forests
John Valenzuela Permaculture Services
Horticulturist, Consultant, Educator
California, Hawai'i  phone: (415) 246-8834
e-mail: johnvalenzuela@hotmail.com
http://cornucopiafoodforest.wordpress.com