I’ll be following closely what’s going on with Oakland’s urban farmgirl Novella Carpenter, who is now facing thousands of dollars in fines after being told by city officials before she started her urban ag operation that she should wait to apply for permits because the laws were in flux.
Oakland North has a full report on what’s going on. And Carpenter has her own understandably incredulous response at her blog Ghost Town Farm, where she announces she’s taking her popular, inventive farm activities underground for fear that city inspectors are watching.
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