City Shuts Downs Preschoolers’ Farm Stand Citing Zoning Violations, by Kerry McDonald

Greed & evil know no bounds ….

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The tiny minds who run Forest Park Georgia can’t abide a farm stand that’s teaching kids about farming and helps a poorer neighborhood. From Kerry McDonald at The Foundation for Economic Education, fee.org:

The Little Ones Learning Center in Forest Park, Georgia, has often sold its produce with discounts to local food stamp recipients and other neighbors and has been acknowledged as a leader in the farm-to-school healthy food movement.

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.”

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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…

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