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The @FLSenate now takes up @Rob_Bradley's bill allowing front yard vegetable gardens.
"If you own land and want to grow food on it, government should not interfere," he says on the bill.
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"If you own land and want to grow food on it, government should not interfere," he says on the bill.
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@FLSenate @Rob_Bradley In other questions, Bradley says to @SenAudrey2eet that the bill is aimed at the problem of food deserts in urban areas. #FlaPol
@FLSenate @Rob_Bradley @SenAudrey2eet Bradley, saying it offended him, was moved to act by court precedent that allowed local gov't to regulate and outlaw people growing food outside their house. #FlaPol
@FLSenate @Rob_Bradley @SenAudrey2eet He also clarifies that bill will not affect homeowners associations and such. It bans local gov'ts from "regulating vegetable gardens on residential properties." #FlaPol
@FLSenate @Rob_Bradley @SenAudrey2eet WIth no further questions, the "veggie freedom" bill (SB 182) was rolled to 3rd reading for another day (3/21).
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