Description: A Journal of Honest Food, Freedom, and The Natural World
By Kerry McDonald
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.”
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 prioritize growing and selling fresh produce from its school gardens. According to recent reporting in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , Little Ones has often sold its produce with generous discounts to local food stamp recipients and other neighbors and has