Sugar Creek, Missouri just passed a new ordinance—no “vegetation” less than 30 feet from street. This, in essence, means that Nathan Athans and his family cannot have their vegetable garden anymore. The Athans backyard does not get nearly enough sunlight.
He believes it’s important for his family. “I want my family to know where their food is coming from, I don't want to have to go to the grocery store and worry about what was done to that food.”
But Sugar Creek residents are not impressed.
The city’s building official, Paul Loving, argued otherwise. “I don't know that there would have been a problem with them had the gardens been well kept, they weren't.”
Here’s a very important children’s book that the people of Sugar Creek should probably read:
He’s set up a petition here to try to reverse this city ordinance.