A Ferguson Missouri man is being harassed by the city of Ferguson for growing vegetables in his front yard. I have no patience for heavy-handed government action like this (and attempts to prevent people from putting solar panels on their roofs) that interfere with sustainability. We are so incredibly busy rearranging the deck chairs while the Titanic sinks.
Or perhaps I’m just grumpy because I saw several “clean coal” adds on CNN today in the lunch room at the office.
This is pretty awful stuff, but once you hand over the keys of control to a government, they will be used. It’s hard to have a government that oppresses only the people you want oppressed.
Other cities harass citizens trying to grow food in the front yards http://grist.org/list/city-officials-are-waging-a-war-on-gardens/