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An organization created by the author of a book with the same name.
http://www.foodnotlawns.net/
A great book, and Fritz is a good speaker as well if you ever have the chance to see him.
http://www.fritzhaeg.com/edible-estates-book.html
And this book as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Front-Yard-Grow-More-Beautiful/dp/1604691999
Another site that picked up this story:
http://www.theagitator.com/2011/07/07/does-michelle-obama-know-about-this/
Here are a few of my favorite comments from the various re-postings of this story from around the web.
Reggie Hubbard
The important thing for the city to remember is that this woman is clearly the type to resist any sort of government action so in future altercations, a SWAT team should be sent to her home so ordinary police officers aren’t put in harm’s way by this obvious lunatic.
Barbara Landrith
There are lots of ways to make an edible garden look beautiful. Here are some links to a few examples. Maybe a good compromise would be to submit a design plan to be approved for the front yard, so it could be beautiful and functional. Then everyone would be happy.
http://www.google.com/search?q=edible+landscape+designs&hl=en&biw=1145&bih=724&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2ZAcTsaSK4fQsAPFjLmmBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQsAQ
https://www.facebook.com/p
http://edenmakersblog.com/
Apryl Dionne
WOW! And what purpose does all this serve? Big Business-- that's who. The are trying to push a bill through the house to ban every American from ever growing their own food, leaving us at the mercy of corporations and their friends that must profit off the people before adhering to the Constitutional Rights. When is America going to WAKE UP and TAKE A UNITED STAND? AND RESPONSIBILTY?
ThisIsVicodin
Perhaps a pink flamingo would be more appropriate than a garden…..or since it’s Detroit, an old GM product on concrete blocks.
and, to sum it up, one very angry gentleman....
GT
Here’s my e-mail to the offensive scrote tax-parasite:
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Your persecution of Julie Bass marks you unambiguously as an ideologically hidebound idiot who thinks his tax-funded sinecure gives him rights to determine what productive members of society do with properties they bought and paid for.
You’re a career parasite every bit as bad as any ‘crack mom’ or welfare queen, and you deserve to be hounded out of office.
Expect several hundred more emails about this, from all over the world… people are sick and tired of petty tyrants whose entire lives are funded by taxes, who then turn around and bite the hand that feeds. Although they’re not remotely responsible for their father’s idiocy, I think you’ll find that as this goes viral, your kids will get hazed by their fellow students… nobody likes a kid whose father is an internationally-renowned moron.
On that note, we can see issues like this bring out passionate responses. However real or unreal the actual threat to our freedoms may be, this is an excellent example of the cross-roads between personal freedoms, land use law, design, and sustainable living.
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