WITH sun rays beaming, it may seem like the perfect time to start your own backyard garden. Thanks to six laws, however, it might be worth checking in with your…
WITH sun rays beaming, it may seem like the perfect time to start your own backyard garden. Thanks to six laws, however, it might be worth checking in with your local authorities to make sure you legally can. Attorneys explain that being able to grow your own food can vary from state to state Credit: Getty S.Z. Cohn, Esq, a partner of Cohn Legal in New York, explained that being able to grow your own food may differ depending on the state you’re in. “The most important place to start is with the recognition that by and large, one will find different laws depending upon which State (and local municipality) one lives in,” he said. “Indeed, while the sale of food (at least, in a meaningful amount) is governed on the Federal level by the FDA, the mere growing of food and certainly for one’s consumption is far more localized,” he explained. Dmitriy Kondratiev, an international law attorney, explained that while usually, you don’t need to get permission to grow food in your garden, there may be exceptions. Currently, only Illinois and Florida have the “Right to Garden” laws in their books, followed by Maine which recently updated its constitution…
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